To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory of the war of resistance and the World Anti-Fascist War, the special ...

Laos’ Chinese-run special economic zone is linked to cyber scams, trafficking and a $43.8-billion criminal network spanning the Mekong region.

Rising from the muddy fields on the Mekong riverbank in Laos, a lotus tops a casino in a sprawling city which analysts decry ...

A drastic increase in unregulated production of rare earth minerals in Myanmar is causing serious environmental concerns ...

As global tensions rise and talk of "clashes of civilization" resurfaces in political discourse, scholars from around the ...

Economists and investors are left guessing by President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda as he grants extensions then threatens ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday met with Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi in Malaysia on the sidelines of ...

China does not actually want the Myanmar civil war to end, but wants the fighting to be reduced to levels where its economic interests, particularly the export of rare earth minerals, are not affected ...

By Naw Betty Han, Devjyot Ghoshal, Shoon Naing and Poppy McPherson (Reuters) -The global supply of heavy rare earths hinges ...

While China has a near monopoly on rare earth element processing and refining, it has quietly become reliant on raw materials from the war-torn Myanmar.

BANGKOK - A Chinese-backed militia is protecting new rare earth mines in eastern Myanmar, according to four people familiar with the matter, as Beijing moves to secure control of the minerals it ...