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 ...

The regime has held training sessions across the country, suggesting it plans to stage voting in cities surrounded by resistance-held territory.

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

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

As the rebels have gained ground, they have detained thousands of prisoners of war. Their enemy, the junta, keeps few ...

Bloody conflict has splintered many families in Myanmar over the past four years. But for one set of siblings, a surprise ...

The Kachin Independence Army since December has been battling the junta over the town of Bhamo, less than 100 km (62 miles) from the Chinese border, as part of the civil war that erupted after the ...

Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta says his country’s accession to the regional bloc is well under way, and pariah Myanmar’s ...

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

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 ...

More than 3,900 refugees have fled into India's Mizoram state from neighboring Myanmar following intense clashes between two ...