A soldier of the Mon National Liberation Army, armed wing of the New Mon State Party, in April 2015. (Steve Tickner | Frontier)

A fledgling Mon resistance spreads its wings

Resistance groups in Myanmar’s Mon State have been emboldened by the support of an ethnic splinter militia, but political divisions are still holding them back from building a united front.

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