Chaos, rare earths and ethnic cleansing – The major conflict you know nothing about

The civil war in Myanmar is Asia’s deadliest ongoing conflict – yet despite violence which has killed more than 100,000 people it rarely dominates international headlines.

In today’s episode Oz Katerji talks to Matthew Campbell, reporter at Bloomberg Businessweek, about the drivers of this complex, factionalised war, the battle for the country’s rare natural resources, and the reaction of the international community.

Read Matthew Campbell’s Bloomberg article  ‘The War the World Forgot’ here.

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