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Kachin state: conflict events in January 2026

Monthly report from UCDP event data for Kachin state, Myanmar. Country-wide report: Myanmar, January 2026.

1events1 the month before
22est. deaths
16civilian deaths

Kachin state, Myanmar saw 1 recorded events and 22 estimated deaths in January 2026. That is about the same as the previous month (1).

100% of the month's events were state-based armed conflict. Civilian deaths: 16.

The most active pairing was Government of Myanmar (Burma) - KIO with 1 events.

Where events happened

2026-01-22: Government of Myanmar vs KIO (22 deaths)
Recorded organized-violence events in Kachin state, January 2026. Circle size scales with estimated deaths.State-based Non-state One-sidedOutlines: Natural Earth.

Deadliest events, January 2026

DateWherePartiesEst. deaths
22 Jan 2026Bhamo district
Kachin state		Government of Myanmar vs KIO
State-based, 16 civilian, 2 sources		22

Parties

PartyEventsEst. deaths
Government of Myanmar122
KIO122

All months

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