A member of the People’s Liberation Army stands at the entrance of a village controlled by the resistance in Tanintharyi Region on October 16. (Mar Naw | Frontier)

Red dawn: Myanmar’s reborn communist army

Extinct for more than 30 years, the People’s Liberation Army has been resurrected – including in the country’s deep south, where the troops have focused more on building alliances and their military capabilities than spreading their ideology.

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