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The spectacular colonial-era Gokteik viaduct is a vital link between northern Shan State and Myanmar’s central plains. Now more than a century old, it’s in danger of collapsing. (Libby Burke Wilde)

Shadow tracks: The dark history of Myammar’s railways

In an extract from her new book, On the Shadow Tracks: A Journey through Occupied Myanmar, former Frontier editor Clare Hammond describes travelling to the Kayah State capital of Loikaw on a railway that was built in the 1990s with mass forced labour.

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From city to jungle: Yangon nurse opens clinic in war-torn Karenni State

In the remote mountains of Kayah State, a small clinic provides essential healthcare to people who are unable to access bigger hospitals. One of its founders, Civil Disobedience Movement nurse Ko Nway Oo Marn, spoke with Doh Athan about his five-year journey to establish the clinic and bring medical care to hard-to-reach areas.
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