Burned vehicles pictured following a military massacre in Kayah State in 2021. (Handout/KNDF/AFP)

Death highways: Driving in Myanmar’s conflict zones

Bus and truck drivers are taking ever-greater risks to do their jobs, facing arrest and extortion at checkpoints manned by various armed groups as well as the sudden eruption of fighting.

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