Predominantly Christian Hpakant is a key battleground because of its economic and strategic importance, observers say ...

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

At least six people, including a child, were killed and seven injured in a military airstrike on Kutkai township in Shan state of northern Myanmar, says the rebel group Ta'ang National Liberation Army ...

The rare earth push - aimed at reducing dependence on China, which processes nearly 90% of global supply - has brought ...

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

Manoeuvres by the Shanni Nationalities Army (SNA), which is fighting against the Kachin Independence Army and its allies, ...

The global supply of heavy rare earths hinges in part on the outcome of a months-long battle between a rebel army and the Chinese-backed military junta in the hills of northern Myanmar.

Flotilla carrying reinforcements and supplies attacked in Mandalay Region while heading upriver toward Bhamo in Kachin State.

The rapid increase in rare earth mining in Kachin State, Myanmar, is causing severe environmental degradation and health ...

The Kachin group is on good terms with the armed militias of the pro-democracy movement, known as the People’s Defense Force, that was formed to fight military rule after the 2021 army takeover.

Myanmar’s civil war is unwinnable under the circumstances. Supporting Kachin independence could secure rare earth supplies, weaken China, and bring peace to a fractured region with historic US ties.