China does not actually want the Myanmar civil war to end, but wants the fighting to be reduced to levels where its economic ...

Beijing accused of pressuring ethnic army to stop fighting Myanmar junta for control of Bhamo in Kachin State.

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

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

The battle between the Kachin Independence Army and the Chinese-backed military junta in Myanmar affects the global supply of ...

The conflict in Kachin State, Myanmar, has become a focus point, drawing attention to both supply concerns and environmental ...

FILE PHOTO: A combination image shows a satellite image and a Google Earth image of an area in Bhamo town in northern Myanmar, which has seen months of fighting between the country's ruling junta ...

The ongoing conflict in Myanmar's Kachin state poses a significant threat to the global supply of heavy rare earths, crucial to producing high-tech devices and green technologies. Nearly half of ...

Losing Bhamo would cut off the military's land and river access to parts of Kachin and neighbouring region, isolating its troops housed at military bases there and weakening its control over ...

FILE PHOTO: A combination image shows a satellite image and a Google Earth image of an area in Bhamo town in northern Myanmar, which has seen months of fighting between the country's ruling junta ...

Defying China. The battle for Bhamo began soon after the KIA wrested control of the main rare-earths belt in Kachin in October 2024. After its takeover, the KIA raised taxes on miners and ...

(Reuters) -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.