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

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

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

Yangon (AsiaNews) – A spokesperson for the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Colonel Naw Bu, has denied that the movement's ...

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

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.

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 ...

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

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

June 9 marked the 14th anniversary of the renewed fighting between Myanmar's military and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) after the end of a 17-year ceasefire agreement. Lu Ja was forced into a ...

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.