American journalist Collin Mayfield was embedded for one-and-a-half months with the People’s Defense Force (PDF) Zoland in Tedim Township, northern Chin State, when when he stepped on a landmine on Nov. 18.
Mayfield shared his story with DVB from a hospital bed in India’s Mizoram State capital Aizawl. Read more.
Myanmar has become the world’s deadliest country for landmine and unexploded ordnance since the 2021 military coup with the highest number of landmine casualties over the last two years, according to the Landmine Monitor Report 2025.
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