Zahkung Ting Ying: Rise and Fall of the Rare-Earth Warlord in Myanmar

Zahkung Ting Ying: Rise and Fall of the Rare-Earth Warlord in Myanmar

Zahkung Ting Ying led the now-disbanded Myanmar government-sponsored militia, the Kachin Border Guard Force (BGF). Formerly known as the New Democratic Army-Kachin (NDA-K), Ying’s militias controlled a semi-autonomous, resource-rich region in the Christian-dominated Kachin State, bordering the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) Yunnan province. Ying was notable for developing illegal business ventures spanning from drug production to rare-earth …