Lt-Gen Yawd Serk, the head of the SSA-South, takes a break en route through the picturesque eastern Shan State countryside. The former associate to infamous Golden Triangle drugs lord Khun Sa is so notorious in these parts that even his grinning Burmese military chaperones could not resist sneaking a few surreptitious snaps when the chance arose.
A Chronology of the Kachin Conflict
On Wednesday, the Burma Army shelled a Kachin rebel base killing 22 cadets, making it one of the deadliest incidents...
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