Hundreds of regime troops reinforced by allied militias are advancing from two sides on Kachin rebels besieging the mountainous jade mining hub of Hpakant.

Naypyidaw: China has been dealt a blow in the ongoing fighting between junta forces and rebel factions in Myanmar. The rebel groups have halted trade with China by seizing Myanmar's rare mineral ...

Thousands were killed in 7.7 magnitude earthquake. Yet military generals were slow to agree to pause in civil war fighting, and continued airstrikes.

Long-shot efforts to find survivors from Myanmar’s devastating March 28 earthquake were winding down Monday, as rescue efforts are supplanted by increasing relief and recovery activity, with the death ...

By capturing sites that produce roughly half of the world's heavy rare earths, the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) rebels have been able to throttle the supply of minerals used in wind turbines and ...

according to a spokesman for the Kachin Independence Army rebel group, an activist in Sagaing and an aid worker in Karenni. Myanmar’s military has come under fierce criticism for continuing its ...

By capturing sites that produce roughly half of the world's heavy rare earths, the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) rebels have been able to throttle the supply of minerals used in wind turbines and ...

On Wednesday night, the army announced a similar unilateral ceasefire, as did another ethnic minority group among its foes, the Kachin Independence Organization. All sides reserved the right to ...