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Soldiers from the Kayin State Border Guard Force parade a ceremony in August 2019. (Nyein Su Wai Kyaw Soe | Frontier)
Soldiers from the Kayin State Border Guard Force, now renamed as the Karen National Army, parade a ceremony in August 2019. (Frontier)

In the Kayin BGF debacle, the buck stops with the Tatmadaw

The involvement of the Kayin State Border Guard Force in the dodgy Shwe Kokko project has triggered a showdown with the Tatmadaw and fears of a return to war.

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