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 the world’s supply of heavy rare earths is extracted from mines in Kachin state. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Mines in Kachin state, notably those north of the strategically important garrison town of Bhamo, provide about half of the ...

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

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

Elephants are playing important roles in the country’s civil war, but the conflict casts a dark shadow over their future.

China sources around half of its supply of rare earths from Myanmar, which is in the midst of an internecine conflict.

In Myanmar, the ICRC has been active for more than 30 years, promoting respect for international humanitarian law and ...