China does not actually want the Myanmar civil war to end, but wants the fighting to be reduced to levels where its economic ...

Mines in Kachin state, notably those north of the strategically important garrison town of Bhamo, provide about half of the ...

The battle between the Kachin Independence Army and the Chinese-backed military junta in Myanmar affects the global supply of ...

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

Beijing accused of pressuring ethnic army to stop fighting Myanmar junta for control of Bhamo in Kachin State.

The battle for control in northern Myanmar involves a strategic fight over rare earths, critical for global technology. The Kachin Independence Army clashes with the junta, influenced by Chinese ...

Nearly half of the world’s heavy rare earths come from Myanmar’s conflict-ridden Kachin State, where China maintains access ...

The Kachin Independence Army is one of the stronger ethnic armed groups, capable of manufacturing some of their own weapons, and whose fighters are battle-hardened from years of resistance.

China, which has a near-monopoly over the processing of heavy rare earths, has threatened to halt buying the minerals mined ...

Kachin Independence Army . MINERS Myanmar rebel group greenlights export of REE inventories to China. The KIA took control of the rare earth hub in October. 28 March 2025. FROM OUR PARTNERS.

Kachin Independence Army fighters walk in a jungle path from Mu Du front line to Hpalap outpost in an area controlled by the Kachin rebels in northern Kachin state, Myanmar, March 17, 2018 ...

The Kachin Independence Army is one of the stronger ethnic armed groups, capable of manufacturing some of their own weapons, and whose fighters are battle-hardened from years of resistance.