Bo Kyaw Thant, a 21-year-old freelance miner, sits in his house. He survived the July 2 landslide in Gwi Hka mine in Hpakant, Kachin State, Myanmar. Photo: Hkun Lat
Freelance miners on their way to search for jade in Hpakant, Kachin State, Myanmar on July 14, 2020. Photo: Hkun Lat
Company trucks operating at a government-licensed jade mining site in Hpakant, Kachin State, Myanmar on May 17, 2019. Photo: Hkun Lat
La-Ung Bawk Jan, 73, shows photos of her son-in-law, Nhkum La Di, and her grandson, Nhkum Awng Li, in her home in Myitkyina, Kachin State, Myanmar. Photo: Hkun Lat