While the people of Kayin State have largely benefited from the decision by three Karen armed groups to sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement in 2015, conflict and religious tension remain a fact of life in the DKBA-controlled Myaing Gyi Ngu region.
A regime attack on a resistance-held village tract in Myanmar’s Bago Region in March took the lives of dozens, while anti-junta fighters had to make tough decisions to protect civilians.
BY Frontier
