Members of the Dawei East Forest People's Defense Force pose in uniform. (Supplied)

‘This area has never experienced war before’: the fight for Tanintharyi

In Myanmar’s far south, revolutionaries are trying to open a new front in the war against the junta but are struggling with a lack of funding and weapons, despite some assistance from Karen ethnic armed groups.

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