CNBC's JP Ong and Elaine Yu discuss China's dominance in the global rare earths supply chain, highlighting Myanmar's pivotal ...

The rapid increase in rare earth mining in Kachin State, Myanmar, is causing severe environmental degradation and health ...

China attempted a diplomatic thaw with India, but it was stymied by arms sales to Pakistan and disagreements over terrorism ...

Beijing is quietly influencing the junta’s election process and regime-allied parties through training, technological ...

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

Last week’s recapture of Nawnghkio dealt a major blow to resistance forces – but also revealed key lessons and shifting ...

China, which has a near-monopoly over the processing of heavy rare earths, has threatened to halt buying the minerals mined ...

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

The attack on ULFA(I) camps just across the border can be seen as the fallout of the geopolitical rivalries among many ...

State media in Myanmar say the Southeast Asian nation's military government has recaptured a strategic gateway town after ...

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