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

Fighting in Myanmar's Bhamo disrupts rare earth mining. Kachin Independence Army battles the junta for control. Bhamo is ...

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

Myanmar is the world's leading producer of jade. Up to 90 percent of global supply of the precious stone is mined in the ...

Now, in the hillsides of Shan state in eastern Myanmar, Chinese miners are opening new deposits for extraction.

This report assesses developments in the Myanmar conflict between 1 January and 31 March and how the conflict is affecting national and regional security.

As Myanmar’s civil war heads into a fifth year, anti-junta forces are opening universities and colleges as part of their pursuit of a federal democracy.

A Kachin Independence army rebel stands at frontline outpost facing no man's land in Lawa Yang, outside of Laiza, the armed group's headquarters in northern Kachin state, Myanmar, March 20, 2018 ...

FILE- Kachin Independence Army fighters walk in a jungle path from Mu Du front line to Hpalap outpost in an area controlled by the Kachin rebels in northern Kachin state, Myanmar, March 17, 2018.