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With eyes to the ground, there’s jade to be found

Easy pickings are a distant memory in one of the nation’s most isolated jade mining areas, but that hasn’t stopped hopeful fossickers.

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Everyone’s problem: Rare earths, toxic waters

This edition of Political Insider looks at the impact of rare earth mining in eastern Shan State and how the pollution caused by this unregulated industry is affecting communities in Myanmar, Thailand and the wider Mekong region.
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