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Kachin state: conflict events in January 2025

Monthly report from UCDP event data for Kachin state, Myanmar. Country-wide report: Myanmar, January 2025.

4events3 the month before
26est. deaths
26civilian deaths

In January 2025, UCDP recorded 4 organized-violence events in Kachin state, Myanmar, with 26 estimated deaths. That is +33% compared with 3 events the month before.

100% of the month's events were state-based armed conflict. Civilian deaths: 26.

The most active pairing was Government of Myanmar (Burma) - KIO with 4 events.

Where events happened

2025-01-20: Government of Myanmar vs KIO (1 deaths)2025-01-13: Government of Myanmar vs KIO (8 deaths)2025-01-11: Government of Myanmar vs KIO (15 deaths)2025-01-08: Government of Myanmar vs KIO (2 deaths)
Recorded organized-violence events in Kachin state, January 2025. Circle size scales with estimated deaths.State-based Non-state One-sidedOutlines: Natural Earth.

Deadliest events, January 2025

DateWherePartiesEst. deaths
11 Jan 2025Myitkyina district
Kachin state		Government of Myanmar vs KIO
State-based, 15 civilian, 3 sources		15
13 Jan 2025Mohnyin district
Kachin state		Government of Myanmar vs KIO
State-based, 8 civilian		8
8 Jan 2025Mohnyin district
Kachin state		Government of Myanmar vs KIO
State-based, 2 civilian		2
20 Jan 2025Myitkyina district
Kachin state		Government of Myanmar vs KIO
State-based, 1 civilian		1

Parties

PartyEventsEst. deaths
Government of Myanmar426
KIO426

All months

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Source: UCDP GED and Candidate Events, CC BY 4.0. See methodology.