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Villagers pan for copper near the Letpadaung mine in Sagaing Region’s Salingyi Township on September 14, 2012. Operations have been halted at the mine due to instability since the coup, contributing to an 80 percent drop in earnings from mining exports between 2020 and 2022. (AFP)

The end of Myanmar’s resource boom could doom the junta

The military regime needs foreign allies to survive, but as gas and other resources dry up, it has little to offer them in return.

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