Amid border conflict with Myanmar and a trade war with the US, Beijing’s heavy rare earth restrictions are having a global ...

Y ANGON: Monsoon floods in a rebel-held Myanmar town on the country’s mountainous border with China have killed six people, a ...

Eleven of convoy’s original 17 supply vessels survive repeated ambushes in setback for Kachin resistance forces fighting to ...

By Trevor Hunnicutt, David Brunnstrom, Devjyot Ghoshal and Poppy McPherson WASHINGTON/BANGKOK (Reuters) -The Trump ...

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

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.

A spokesperson for the Kachin Independence Army said the group launched assaults against outposts controlled by the army and army-affiliated militia in several townships and near Laiza, a town on ...

Kachin Independence Army fighters claimed Wednesday to have shot down a Burmese military helicopter. The rebel group is one of several ethnic resistance forces combating Burma's military dictatorship.

The Trump administration is considering altering U.S. policy towards Myanmar to access its rare earth minerals, which are ...

Col. Naw Bu, a spokesman for the Kachin Independence Army, said 29 people, including 11 children under the age of 16, were killed and 57 others injured in the attacks carried out by air and ...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's military declared Friday it will stop its attacks on ethnic Kachin rebels in the country's north because it has achieved its goal of securing an army outpost ...

The Kachin Independence Army is one of the stronger ethnic armed groups, capable of manufacturing some of their own weapons, and whose fighters are battle-hardened from years of resistance.