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.

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 ...

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

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

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

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

Fighting in Myanmar's Bhamo disrupts rare earth mining. Kachin Independence Army battles the junta for control. Bhamo is vital for rare earth minerals used in electric vehicles. China threatens to ...

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.

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

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.