Gold miners work near Indawgyi Lake, in Kachin State’s Mohnyin Township, in 2019. (Nyein Su Wai Kyaw Soe | Frontier)

In the shadow of conflict, a gold rush erupts on the Chindwin River

Riverside communities in Myanmar’s Sagaing Region worry that gold mining, approved by forces aligned with the National Unity Government, will destroy their agricultural land, poison the water and attract attacks from the junta. 

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