Amid border conflict with Myanmar and a trade war with the US, Beijing’s heavy rare earth restrictions are having a global ...

The umbrella group Kachin Political Interim Coordination Team says it remains committed to overthrowing the junta despite ...

In addition, they control most of Kachin’s valuable mining region, including its rare earth mines. The KIA’s latest military offensive is Bhamo, a strategically important city in eastern Kachin State.

Trump’s moves—including talks on minerals and the lifting of sanctions against junta cronies—fuel fears that Washington is ...

The Trump administration is reportedly considering a partnership with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) to access rare earth ...

The Trump administration has heard competing proposals that would significantly alter longstanding U.S. policy toward Myanmar ...

Myanmar military courts have sentenced a dozen individuals, including five Chinese nationals, to life imprisonment for human ...

The world's superpowers have developed a seemingly insatiable appetite for the critical minerals that are essential to the ...

China's spy agency says it caught a government worker who, "unable to resist the seductive beauty" of a foreign agent, was blackmailed into handing over state secrets.

State-run media in Myanmar report that a military helicopter has crashed in a combat zone in the country's north while returning from a mission to deliver supplies to army outposts.

Rare earth elements, essential to various industries, are a growing source of tension between Beijing and the EU, which are ...