Trump team hears pitches on access to Myanmar's rare earthsThe Trump administration considered proposals to shift Myanmar policy. The aim was to secure rare earth minerals and counter China's domina...
29 Jul, 2025, 08.06 AM IST
Rare earth magnet for ecocide in MyanmarA Myanmar information ministry article reveals that rare earth magnet exports to China from Kachin State are causing significant environmen...
21 Jul, 2025, 07.26 AM IST
How one tiny Myanmar town controls the globe's rare earth supply and is holding the world hostage - the real storyFighting in Myanmar's Bhamo disrupts rare earth mining. Kachin Independence Army battles the junta for control. Bhamo is vital for rare ear...
08 Jul, 2025, 09.06 PM IST
Unlike China, India yet to harness rare earth minerals from MyanmarChinese customs data shows a 70% increase in imports of rare earth minerals from Myanmar during the first half of 2023. Analysts tracking C...
04 Jan, 2025, 11.09 PM IST
Many killed in artillery strike in northern Myanmar - media, local sourcesThe reports were shared on social media by a local activist and a minister in Myanmar's shadow National Unity Government, who did not immed...
10 Oct, 2023, 07.47 AM IST
25 dead after Myanmar jade mine landslideMyanmar has been hit with torrential rain and floods in recent days and the landslide occurred Sunday outside northern Kachin's Hpakant tow...
15 Aug, 2023, 07.56 PM IST
BRI: China plans mega infra project in Myanmar close to Arunachal borderA Chinese company has announced plans to build the massive Myitkyina Economic Development Zone on about 4,700 acres of land along the histo...
16 Dec, 2022, 07.03 AM IST
Myanmar emerges as key source of rare earth minerals for ChinaExports of rare earth minerals, which are used in smartphones, electric cars and other high-tech products, have steadily increased. Myanmar...
17 Jul, 2022, 06.49 AM IST
Myanmar’s military junta revives scope of BRI projectsIn March, the ruling junta approved the $2.5 billion Mee Lin Gyaing, a liquefied natural gas power project under BRI in Ayeyarwady region. ...
26 Jul, 2021, 07.19 AM IST
Myanmar rebel group, Kachin Independence Army, says it shot down military helicopterThe KIA's information department head, Naw Bu, said the helicopter was shot down around 10:20 a.m. at a village near the town of Moemauk in...
03 May, 2021, 01.32 PM IST
Myanmar's ruling junta issues fresh charges for Suu KyiSuu Kyi was accused of breaching a law intended to control the spread of the coronavirus, the second such charge against her under the same...
13 Apr, 2021, 08.31 AM IST
Junta's foes woo ethnic allies with new Myanmar constitutionThe actions were taken by the CRPH, an underground, self-styled alternative government established by elected lawmakers who were not allowe...
01 Apr, 2021, 09.12 AM IST
China-linked Myanmar businessman debarred from November Parliamentary pollsIn Myanmar, many mafia kingpins are involved in illicit trades but live in Yangon, Mandalay or Shan and Kachin states along the China-Myanm...
19 Oct, 2020, 11.31 PM IST
India's surgical strikes in Myanmar launched after assurance to help local army with Kachin rebelsAn assurance for security cooperation came from the current regime when Prime Minister Narendra Modi travelled to Nay Pyi Taw last November.
12 Jul, 2018, 04.05 PM IST
Intelligence inputs say militant outfits in North East trading opiumAssam Rifles has stated that various intelligence inputs indicated that militant outfit in North East are carrying out opium cultivation an...
26 Jan, 2016, 10.38 AM IST
Militant outfit NSCN(K), anti-talk ULFA and KLO involved narco terrorism: Assam RiflesKhaplang faction of NSCN, anti-talk ULFA and Kamatapur liberation organization are carrying out opium cultivation and trade in Kachin Provi...
25 Jan, 2016, 09.33 PM IST
China lodges protest with Myanmar over sentencing of loggersChina has asked Myanmar to take China's concern seriously, take every factor into account and properly handle the case, Lu Kang said.
23 Jul, 2015, 08.04 AM IST