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

Asean has struggled to implement a five-point peace plan previously agreed by all bloc leaders. Read more at straitstimes.com ...

They’re shiny metals, can be hard to find and they’re essential to building high-tech equipment — from electric cars to fighter jets. “Rare earth metals” are dominated by one country: China. Once ...

The Kachin Independence Organisation’s spokesperson made the claim amid reports that Gen. N’Ban La was under house arrest by ...

Wang, China's foreign minister also visited Myanmar in August. "China respects Myanmar's sovereignty, independence, national unity and territorial integrity, and stays committed to non ...

China is "staring at possible chaos, rising anti-China feelings, and little hope that its planned China-Myanmar Economic Corridor can be materialized anytime soon," Thant Myint-U, an award-winning ...

But China’s “protection” for Myanmar is not a foregone conclusion, particularly within the U.N. Security Council. U.N. member states can and should employ unprecedented leverage to ensure ...

Myanmar’s domestic politics are central to China’s strategic interests, and are testing Beijing’s core principles.

Myanmar’s military says it's reached a cease-fire deal with an alliance of three ethnic minority guerrilla groups it has been battling in the north.

Resource-hungry China filled the vacuum of foreign investment in Myanmar during the years of stringent Western economic sanctions, from the late 1990s until 2012, when most were lifted.

It is now using its dominance to shore up Myanmar's beleaguered junta, which China sees as a guarantor of its economic interests in its backyard.