Author: Allegra Mendelson
On any given day, the Thai side of the Moei River is bustling with traders loading hundreds of boxes onto small boats or rafts that cross the narrow stretch of water to Myanmar’s southeastern Kayin State. At one river crossing, Frontier approached a group of workers sitting around a shaded table, sheltering from the midday heat. One of the men stood up and asked, “What do you want to ship? We can take anything.”