BANGKOK -- When Myanmar government troops clashed with armed, pro-democracy resistance forces in the country's northwestern Sagaing region in early June, concern grew over the dangers lurking beneath the ground -- particularly around a Chinese-run copper mine in the area.
Myanmar Crisis
Myanmar land mine danger grows as military rings Chinese assets
Experts say regime desperate to offer Beijing 'stability' for projects
Myanmar security forces guard the construction of a fence near the China-backed Letpadaung copper mine in 2014. Reports and activists now say the mine is ringed with land mines. (File photo by AP)
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