Already under strain from overharvesting and habitat degradation, Myanmar’s cordyceps fungus industry has accelerated since COVID-19 and the coup, along with the perilous search for a rare orchid root.
Poverty and lack of opportunities in a Kachin IDP camp are driving vulnerable girls into forced marriages with Chinese men, with brokers exploiting families desperate enough to sell their daughters to be trafficked across the border.
BY Frontier
