Rare Earth Mining Fuels Wa State Autonomy Amid Myanmar’s Political Turmoil and Global Energy Shift
Text by Josephine Chyi // Edit and Maps by Shwe Nakamwe MONG PAUK, WA STATE – Rare earth elements (REEs), packed in white bags and loaded onto heavy trucks, roll out of Mong Pauk’s production zones under tight control. They pass military junta checkpoints before heading toward the official China–Myanmar border gate – a reminder […]