Field Notes: Migrant Workers in Mahachai, Thailand
Mahachai, Thailand: Burmese migrant workers peel shrimp at a processing factory in Thailand's Samut Sakhon province.
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Myanmar
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Inside Myanmar’s Incendiary and Illegal Charcoal Trade
A year-long investigation into the multi-million-dollar charcoal market and how it moves from the villages of Myanmar into Chinese smelters.
Why There’s No End in Sight for Myanmar’s Rohingya Exodus
The severity and speed with which the current crisis is escalating threatens to make it the worst flare-up of mass migration the country has seen in decades.
Viewfinder: Police on Guard in Myanmar
The Myanmar Police Force stand guard by a slum near the outskirts of Yangon on June 12th, 2017.
One Year Later, Aung San Suu Kyi Helms a Precarious Peace in Myanmar
The interests of big foreign investors and local businessmen, who thrived under the military junta, still dominate large…
Letter From Karen, Myanmar: Touring the Fractured Karen State of Myanmar
Over a period of 40 years, Myanmar's military killed and displaced tens of thousands of Karen people.
Field Notes: Working the Bricks in Myanmar
Mingaladon Township, Myanmar: Laborers in a brick factory, about an hour's drive from the new hotels and shopping malls of the city of Yangon, get by on $3 per day.