The other Myanmar

With the world’s attention focused on a single ethnicity in Rakhine state, Canada shouldn't lose sight of the chaos that ensues on the southeast Asian nation’s northern frontier and other entrenched conflicts playing out in this fragile state.

People participate in a ceremony to open a church on the outskirts of Myitkyina, a city in northern Myanmar. The country is home to more than 135 distinct minorities. Photograph courtesy of Sam Cooley

Opinion

BY SAM COOLEY

December 13, 2017

MYITKYINA, MYANMAR—Scrambling past crippled dogs is a legless beggar approaching a table of people dining at a restaurant. Hands outstretched, with cataract-filled eyes, he looks up as he’s handed a dirty 50 kyat note, the equivalent of about a nickel. It’s lunch hour in this city of a few hu...

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