Four years on, Myanmar’s civil war has spread to all 14 regions and states, as well as the major cities of Mandalay, Naypyidaw, and Yangon. According to the analysis of the Special Advisory Council ...

China dominates the global rare earth market, controlling over 90% of processing. Myanmar "produces" rare earths but isn't listed among top reserve countries. Shan and Kachin states have become key ...

Myanmar’s civil war is unwinnable under the circumstances. Supporting Kachin independence could secure rare earth supplies, weaken China, and bring peace to a fractured region with historic US ties.

Mary Lu Ja, 33, a displaced Catholic from war-torn Myanmar’s northern Kachin state, didn’t expect she would be stuck in a makeshift camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) for half her life. The ...

The water in Myanmar’s Kachin State tastes like battery acid. But speaking out about it could burn even worse, some locals say in a recent study, and you might not live to drink again. By the edge of ...

Amid the ongoing conflicts between Myanmar’s military junta and various ethnic armed groups, two recent meetings – one between representatives of the Kachin Independence Army and Chinese officials, ...

(OSV News) — The military junta in Myanmar’s strife-torn Kachin state allegedly burned down a Catholic cathedral dedicated to St. Patrick on the eve of the revered saint’s feast. Soldiers from the ...

Kachin Independence Army fighters walk in a jungle path from Mu Du front line to Hpalap outpost in an area controlled by the Kachin rebels in northern Kachin state, Myanmar, March 17, 2018. (Credit: ...

A Catholic priest was killed in Myanmar on Friday, an incident that “deeply shocked and saddened” Cardinal Charles Maung Bo. Father Donald Martin Ye Naing Win from the Archdiocese of Mandalay in Upper ...

Pope Francis launches an appeal to help those suffering the aftermath of a landslide in a jade mining area in Myanmar's northern Kachin State, and asks the faithful to pray for the conversion of arms ...

"Rejoice! Rejoice! Today, the heavens and the earth proclaim the glory of God as we gather to witness a moment of immense grace and uncontainable joy—the consecration of our new shepherd for the ...

2025 seems set to continue last year’s sharp increase in the number of retaliatory air and artillery attacks on resistance-held territories. Myanmar’s military junta is ramping up its air attacks on ...