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Oct 22, 2026

Unknown podcast

US Myanmar Minerals Push Faces Beijing’s Influence

Oct 22 · 1 Mention

speaker_0NARRATOR
1:44
Gracelyn Buskerun of SAIS said Burma's production gives Beijing a de facto monopoly over the global heavy rare earth supply chain.
speaker_0NARRATOR
1:52
Shan State's role grew after the Kachin Independence Army seized the Pangwa Rare Earth Hub in neighboring Kachin State from a Honto-aligned militia in October 2024.
speaker_0NARRATOR
2:03
China closed border gates, halting mining until Beijing negotiated with the KIA to regain access.
speaker_0NARRATOR
2:10
During the disruption, Chinese-backed mining expanded into Shan State, where the UWSA maintained a ceasefire with the military, and the border remained open.
What's Happening in Myanmar

What's Happening in Myanmar

Repatriation concerns

Oct 9 · 1 Mention

Top 40%
Nick DunlopHOST
5:45
A munitions depot exploded, killing seven people and injuring eleven near the Kachin-Chinese border town of Pangwa.
Nick DunlopHOST
5:53
The Kachin Independence Army killed two people while carrying out drone counterattacks during a meeting at a government office compound in the township.
Nick DunlopHOST
6:01
Several other people were also injured.
Nick DunlopHOST
6:03
[news music] And that's the latest from Myanmar for this week.
UCA News Podcast

UCA News Podcast

UCA News Weekly Summary, October 9, 2026

Oct 9 · 1 Mention

Joe MathewsHOST
0:34
The SNA, a Buddhist militia founded in 1989 and reactivated in 2016, allied with the junta after the 2021 coup.
Joe MathewsHOST
0:44
The junta let them expand brigades, collect taxes, and control Hkamti and Monyin against the Kachin Independence Army.
Joe MathewsHOST
0:52
Late 2024 advances into Namhkam displaced over 400 of the 500 Christian Kachin households.
Joe MathewsHOST
1:00
Barely 80 households remain, blockaded, surviving on wild roots, plants, fish, and frogs.
The John Batchelor Show

The John Batchelor Show

4. BURMA - Myanmar Humanitarian Crisis Dynamics - KELLEY CURRIE & GORDON CHANG 100726

Oct 7 · 1 Mention

Kelley CurrieGUEST
5:43
And the Chinese control those mines or they control the extraction.
Kelley CurrieGUEST
5:49
The actual territory is controlled by the Kachin Independence Army now.
Kelley CurrieGUEST
5:54
This was the takeover of those areas was one of the reasons that Beijing moved all their chips to the table behind the military regime.
Kelley CurrieGUEST
6:03
The other key resource for the People's Republic of China that Burma represents is a strategic one.

Unknown podcast

Stylo News Intel Update | Asia Situation Report | 5 October2026

Oct 5 · 1 Mention

speaker_1HOST
16:12
Definitely.
speaker_1HOST
16:13
We recently saw reports of the Kachin Independence Army, a rebel group, using an FPV kamikaze drone to strike a junta vessel.
speaker_0HOST
16:20
And for context, FPV means first-person view.
speaker_0HOST
16:24
We are talking about cheap, commercially available drones strapped with explosives being flown directly into military targets.

Unknown podcast

Stylo News Intel Update | Asia Situation Report | 28 September 2026

Sep 28 · 1 Mention

speaker_1HOST
16:13
But while that interstate maritime tension between China and the Philippines grabs the global headlines, the sub-state violence occurring within the borders of these nations is equally destabilizing.
speaker_1HOST
16:24
In Myanmar, heavy conventional combat continues near Manse, pitting the military junta against the Kachin Independence Army.
speaker_0HOST
16:31
And in the Philippines, local stability is being challenged by deadly Bansamoro-Rido clashes.
speaker_1HOST
16:37
Right.

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