China is now flexing its muscle in Myanmar through a Wagner-style private force, adding another layer to an already volatile ...

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

Nearly half of the world’s heavy rare earths come from Myanmar’s conflict-ridden Kachin State, where China maintains access ...

In the chaos of war, there’s nothing to stop Chinese firms from ravaging the landscape and extracting the minerals, which end up in China.

A drastic increase in unregulated production of rare earth minerals in Myanmar is causing serious environmental concerns ...

China has indicted 21 key members of a telecom fraud syndicate operating in northern Myanmar on multiple charges, including ...

The U.S. has sanctioned Myanmar's military junta and refused to acknowledge its rule, so Mr. Trump's personal letter to its ...

Myanmar’s junta chief Min Aung Hlaing praised Donald Trump in a rare letter and compared his military’s coup to the US ...

Twenty-one key figures of a group that had long been swindling Chinese nationals in northern Myanmar have been prosecuted, ...

Explore how the small town of Bhamo, Myanmar, is at the center of the world's heavy rare earth supply and the implications of ...

Myanmar’s civil war is unwinnable under the circumstances. Supporting Kachin independence could secure rare earth supplies, ...

It is now using its dominance to shore up Myanmar's beleaguered junta, which China sees as a guarantor of its economic interests in its backyard.