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Defectors assigned to frontline roles wait for orders at a camp run by the Karen National Liberation Army in Kayin State in February. (Moe Thaw Dar Swe | Frontier)

Embracing the enemy: Resistance forces welcome new defectors

The Cobra Column resistance group is integrating defectors from the Myanmar military into its ranks, while prisoners of war are put to work at a camp in Kayin State.

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