Myanmar’s Rare Earth: Profit, Poison and Power
MONG PAUK // Myanmar’s rare earth industry is booming—fueled by Chinese capital and protected by armed groups, while locals are shut out and ecosystems collapse. Toxic in-situ leaching scars the landscape, floods spread chemical waste, and workers face hazardous conditions for high pay.
Airstrikes Epidemic (II) // “Each time I ran from place to place, I got further and further away from home.”
SEPTEMBER 28th, 2023 // Amidst the sound of fire falling from the sky, they packed a few days’ worth of food and some clothes and headed for a place in the outskirts of Demoso, Karenni state. That departure from their house was the beginning of Yuri Soe’s endless family’s journey to escape the war.