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CHIANG RAI - Illegal rare earth mines in Myanmar's Shan and Kachin states are causing widespread cross-border pollution ...
Illegal rare earth mining in Myanmar is polluting Thai border rivers. Satellite images show widespread damage, while Thai ...
Rare-earth mining in Myanmar is polluting the Mekong River with toxic metals, threatening ecosystems, food security, and water supplies across mainland Southeast Asia.
With Western markets closed by sanctions and Mogoke’s mines under rebel control, the regime is looking to access China’s gem ...
In Kachin State, the military scored its latest successes since launching a nationwide counteroffensive earlier this year, ...
Myanmar anti-narcotics agents have smashed a drug ring believed to be behind the smuggling of large quantities of drugs into ...
Children were killed and injured at the boarding school in Kyauktaw Township in Myanmar’s restive Rakhine state, the U.N.
Far from stemming flow of weapons to ethnic armies fighting its ally, the junta, Beijing’s intervention will supercharge Chinese smuggling syndicates.
CHIANG RAI - Soldiers from the Pha Muang Task Force patrolling the border in Mai Fa Luang district, an area known to be home ...
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'Rare earth' and the risk of Mekong havoc

Satellite imagery cited by the Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) in a recent statement, together with findings from the US-based think tank Stimson Center released in July, confirms the alarming ...