Beadwork Born in Laos’ Most Dangerous Fields, By the Women Who Clear Them

2026-03-09 - 05:46

A jewelry collection made with women who clear bombs for a living is putting Laos’ unexploded ordnance crisis back in the conversation. Beneath the soil of northern and central Laos, more than 80 million unexploded cluster munitions lie buried in the fields. They are what remains of the Secret War, the covert American bombing campaign