Days Around the Mines
This is Hpakan—a place of war, a grey area, a place to pursue dreams.
“When we were about eight or nine years old a lot of the young people in the village would go down the mine. Back in the 30s or 40s, you didn't need any money for it, you could just come here and, if you were lucky, strike it rich and turn your whole life around,” says LEE Yong-chao.