When Min left the hot, dusty plains of central Myanmar for its mountainous eastern border with China earlier this year, he had few options. A 2021 military coup had devastated the formal economy of the Southeast Asian country, and jobs were scarce. Min’s native Sagaing Region was at the epicent...
Source: [Grist](https://grist.org/international/myanmar-war-rare-earth-mining-landslide-labor/)