The global supply of heavy rare earths hinges in part on the outcome of a months-long battle between a rebel army and the ...

By Naw Betty Han, Devjyot Ghoshal, Shoon Naing and Poppy McPherson (Reuters) -The global supply of heavy rare earths hinges ...

In the chaos of war, there’s nothing to stop Chinese firms from ravaging the landscape and extracting the minerals, which end ...

Myanmar’s junta chief Min Aung Hlaing praised Donald Trump in a rare letter and compared his military’s coup to the US ...

By Naw Betty Han, Devjyot Ghoshal, Shoon Naing and Poppy McPherson(Reuters) -The global supply of heavy rare earths hinges in ...

Diplomats from Asia, the US, and Russia to push ‘all parties’ involved in the conflict to halt indiscriminate violence on ...

Explore how the small town of Bhamo, Myanmar, is at the center of the world's heavy rare earth supply and the implications of ...

Nearly half the world’s supply of heavy rare earths is extracted from mines in Kachin state, including those north of Bhamo, ...

The majority of these minerals are sourced from the Kachin region, which has been embroiled in a civil war since the military ...

The MNDAA calls it ‘progress’, but Chinese-funded redevelopment in northern Shan is pushing locals to the margins economically, culturally and politically.

The Kachin Independence Organisation’s spokesperson made the claim amid reports that Gen. N’Ban La was under house arrest by ...

China sources around half of its supply of rare earths from Myanmar, which is in the midst of an internecine conflict.