Myanmar workers often wait for weeks in Shan State’s Muse town to secure factory jobs across the border in China’s Yunnan province, where many go on to face exploitation and tough living and working conditions.
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
