Weeks of fighting between the Tatmadaw and the Shan State Army-North has displaced thousands of villagers, and many of them do not understand the reason for the conflict.
On May 31, a massive warehouse explosion in Kaung Tap village, in northern Shan State’s Namkham Township, damaged hundreds of houses and killed dozens of residents, leaving survivors to deal with the aftermath and leading some to wonder whether it is even worth rebuilding.
BY Frontier