In regions of Myanmar under the authority of armed rebel groups, rare earth mining has increased dramatically, according to satellite imagery. Many of these mines are located near the borders with ...

Rare-earth mining in Myanmar is polluting the Mekong River with toxic metals, threatening ecosystems, food security, and water supplies across mainland Southeast Asia.Ecologists are warning that ...

Riverside communities in Myanmar’s Sagaing Region worry that gold mining, approved by forces aligned with the National Unity ...

Sawat Kaewdam, 48, an artisanal fisher, prepares a fishing net on the banks of the Mekong River in Ban Sob Kok, as prices have fallen and locals rarely eat fish from rivers due to fears of heavy metal ...

BANGKOK — An airstrike by Myanmar’s military on the town of Mogok, the center of the Southeast Asian country’s lucrative gem-mining industry, has killed at least 21 people including a pregnant woman, ...

The Wat Tha Ton Temple sits high above the tourist town of Tha Ton, with a magnificent view of the Kok River valley to the south and an equally impressive view of the river winding its way out of the ...

Dec. 3 (UPI) --Unregulated mining across the Mekong region is accelerating at a pace that environmental researchers warn is outstripping governance, enforcement and ecological safeguards. From Myanmar ...

YANGON — A landslide in northern Myanmar's jade mining region Tuesday killed at least 12 people and injured about 50 others, witnesses and officials said. Volunteer rescuer Naw Li told The Associated ...

Uncontrolled mining in areas of Myanmar ruled by powerful ethnic armies has boomed. It boggles the mind how any civilization/species can willingly destroy the only planet that is known (so far) in the ...

The Indian Army carried out a major month-long area sanitisation and de-mining operation along a vulnerable stretch of the ...

New research shows over 2,400 mines along mainland Southeast Asia rivers Mines may be releasing deadly chemicals into river water, says Stimson Center think-tank Many rare earths mines operate with ...