https://www.bryandickie.com/about daily 0.75 2020-07-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595465596622-JARLDSOIJXAG4FIDMSDO/elephant+picture.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595465596622-JARLDSOIJXAG4FIDMSDO/elephant+picture.jpg About https://www.bryandickie.com/contact daily 0.75 2022-05-22 https://www.bryandickie.com/new-gallery daily 0.75 2025-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595472759891-OX4MLXFPKYGA7RSCLUOU/1.jpg Kachin State - Mungseng Yang Training Camp / Laiza / Kachin State / Burma (Copy) Mungseng Yang Training Camp / Laiza / Kachin State / Burma New cadets of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) are instructed by officers in a field training exercise. The KIA, out of its many officer and cadet training schools along the border of China and Burma, trains multiple ethnic armies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595472778265-SDVQENIDIRCFMXTQDW65/2-2.jpg Kachin State - Munglai Hkyet Training Camp / Laiza / Kachin State / Burma (Copy) Munglai Hkyet Training Camp / Laiza / Kachin State / Burma An officer inspects a new wave of Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) at Laiza’s main officer training school. The KIA, one of Burma’s most experienced and toughest opposition ethnic armies, has mobilized itself for expansion, training smaller ethnic armies—such as the Arakan Army or the All Burma Students’ Democratic Front (ABSDF)—to strengthen the ethnic armed resistance against the Burmese government troops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595472778810-TORP6YY95B1FTPFKDIM7/3.jpg Kachin State - Mai Jai Yang / Kachin State / Burma (Copy) Mai Jai Yang / Kachin State / Burma Major Tong La, commander of the third brigade, poses for a picture outside of the Mai Jai Yang Hotel. Tong La controls the land which butts right up against the Chinese border—a very important piece of territory. Even though the Kachin-controlled town of Mai Jai Yang is so close to China, the area, and its history, is fraught with unease: most if not all residents still have bunkers in their backyards to guard against an air attack from Burmese air force. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595472780089-1R7FZNKQV5336YJ4JKJQ/4.jpg Kachin State - Nhkawng Pa IDP Camp / Kachin State / Burma (Copy) Nhkawng Pa IDP Camp / Kachin State / Burma La Phai La, head of KIO judiciary and central committee member, rests after a long journey from the China–Burma border to the internally displaced person (IDP) camp Nhkawng Pa in Sangin Village. On June 9, 2011, starting in Sangin Village, the Burmese military began a new campaign of terror against the Kachin people, breaking a seven-year ceasefire. Out of the new violence, Nhkawng Pa was created, housing the villagers fleeing the Burmese military. Today, the camp, holds approximately 2,600 displaced people from 16 villages and 367 families. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595472779939-9IWME7FIF15YCK3NUL1D/6.jpg Kachin State - Addiction Recovery Centre / Laiza / Kachin State / Burma (Copy) Addiction Recovery Centre / Laiza / Kachin State / Burma A recovering heroin addict poses for a picture in KIO-run addiction centre. Drugs, especially heroin and yaba—methamphetamine pills whose name loosely translates to “crazy drug”—are very big problems along Burma’s eastern border. This area, known as the golden triangle, is historically an opium-producing territory due to poppy growth in its mountainous geography which allows for high yields of the crop. However, in recent years the area has seen a large influx of yaba as it is easier to produce, attaining precursor chemical from Chinese businessmen from across the border. The KIA has a very strict anti-drug policy, but due to its operations base’s proximity (Laiza) to the Chinese border, and the fact that it is in the middle of the golden triangle, the Kachin state still has a large amount of drugs run through its territory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595472823177-6AJMRXMIT4HP9EURFZVT/8.jpg Kachin State - Laiza / Kachin State / Burma (Copy) Laiza / Kachin State / Burma A priest delivers a sermon on December 1, 2014 to mark the beginning of the Christmas celebrations in the Kachin state. The Kachin people are now mostly Christian or Catholic due to missionaries entering Burma in the pre-colonial period. Before the introduction of the Christian religion, the Kachin people were mostly animist—the belief that all things have a spirit or soul—relying on traditions passed down from their village elders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595472822998-9K01XLEJJJ26UKURGSLF/9.jpg Kachin State - Kachin State / Burma (Copy) Kachin State / Burma Two officers take a break during a cadet training session in the jungle outside of Laiza on the China–Burma border. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595472854542-IAC7EIJCYQQ6S50KBOV2/10-2.jpg Kachin State - China–Burma Border / Kachin State / Burma (Copy) China–Burma Border / Kachin State / Burma A solider poses for a portrait during a training exercise. The KIA is constantly training new recruits for both its own armed forces and other ethnic armies, keeping their troop numbers high to defend against an attack from the Burmese military. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595472880658-6YZNFJABJOLE6INOT0KX/11.jpg Kachin State - Munglai Hkyet Training Camp / Laiza / Kachin State (Copy) Munglai Hkyet Training Camp / Laiza / Kachin State An officer embraces his daughter as he watches a group of NCOs complete parade formation drills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595472880779-LP28JFOZ7Y94MWP5DVVJ/12.jpg Kachin State - China–Burma Border / Kachin State / Burma (Copy) China–Burma Border / Kachin State / Burma A base guard poses for a portrait at an outpost along the China–Burma border. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595472882957-KSQJHYBDKW37O4WWOU6Z/13.jpg Kachin State - Nhkawng Pa IDP Camp / Kachin State / Burma (Copy) Nhkawng Pa IDP Camp / Kachin State / Burma Three women sell their crops at the morning market in Nhkawng Pa IDP camp. Outside of farming tiny plots of land and gathering firewood there are very few opportunities for the displaced people of Nhkawng Pa to make a living. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595472883077-KU6ZJQ2BIGUWTIP238UN/14.jpg Kachin State - Nhkawng Pa IDP Camp / Kachin State / Burma / 2014 (Copy) Nhkawng Pa IDP Camp / Kachin State / Burma / 2014 Zinwa Naw pauses while retelling the tragic story of when the Burmese military ransacked Sangin Village. Zinwa Naw is a village elder who was also an assistant pastor in his village’s church at the time the Burmese military chose his village to renew their civil war and end a seven-year ceasefire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595472928184-IEMXF7GI8F7TU6XIDM1B/15-2.jpg Kachin State - Jayang IDP Camp / Kachin State / Burma / 2014 (Copy) Jayang IDP Camp / Kachin State / Burma / 2014 15- Lanang Bawk La and Nhkum Hkawn Lum pose with their twin girls at the Jayang IDP camp, just outside of Laiza. Laiza, the KIA/KIO capital city, acts as a centre of safety for refugees that live in the IDP camps that surround the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595472928352-FJUIS4O1IF9BA9UIGIGP/16.jpg Kachin State - Jayang IDP Camp / Kachin State / Burma / 2014 (Copy) Jayang IDP Camp / Kachin State / Burma / 2014 16- A family poses in the doorway to their house within the Jayang IDP camp on the outskirts of Laiza. After the attack on Sangin Village, more and more IDP camps have been contracted to be built in order to deal with the influx of refugees fleeing the Burmese military harassment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595472960596-E6X8ULDUJJRBVN3Y2F4X/17.jpg Kachin State - China–Burma Border / Kachin State / Burma / 2014 (Copy) China–Burma Border / Kachin State / Burma / 2014 Cadets get ready to march during a training mission along the China–Burma border. Young men and women from all over Burma travel to Laiza to be trained by the KIA due to their prestigious military history and their effectiveness in fending off the Burmese military. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595472960113-9MM7L2PB08S79SSNVPPY/18.jpg Kachin State - China–Burma Border / Kachin State / Burma / 2014 (Copy) China–Burma Border / Kachin State / Burma / 2014 18- An officer inspects his cadets during a training exercise on the China–Burma border. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595472961252-0VCWNW6FQER3PPB6TRR7/19.jpg Kachin State - Wara Pum / Kachin State / Burma / 2014 (Copy) Wara Pum / Kachin State / Burma / 2014 19- A large tiled crucifix stands atop a hill at the Kachin military outpost of Wara Pum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595472984925-UTWZETQ60XCE6UY81AE1/20-2.jpg Kachin State - Military Hospital / Laiza / Burma / 2014 (Copy) Military Hospital / Laiza / Burma / 2014 Days after having his leg amputated from being hit by an artillery shell, a cadet lies on a wooden hospital bed. On November 19, 2014, the Burmese military, unprovoked, fired a 105 mm howitzer shell at a cadet training camp, killing 23 cadets and seriously wounding 18 others. This picture is proof of the ongoing violence Burma’s ethnic minorities suffer at the hands of the Burmese military. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595472985009-01L0T1JHTC6NB0R5JKR8/21.jpg Kachin State - Nhkawng Pa IDP Camp / Kachin State / Burma / 2014 (Copy) Nhkawng Pa IDP Camp / Kachin State / Burma / 2014 A child poses for a portrait during the morning market in Nhkawng Pa IDP camp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595472987432-98OVIB8N9WLBUSCMN91A/22.jpg Kachin State - Laiza / Kachin State / Burma / 2014 (Copy) Laiza / Kachin State / Burma / 2014 A child poses with a toy AK-47 rifle in the field behind his middle school. Due to a law that prohibits schools from teaching ethnic languages and cultures within Burma, Laiza is one of the few cities inside Burma where Kachin children are taught their language, culture, and history due to the fact that it is controlled by the KIA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595472986986-823WPQ2LYMWNMZR4ZFDS/24.jpg Kachin State - Jayang IDP Camp / Kachin State / Burma, 2014 (Copy) Jayang IDP Camp / Kachin State / Burma, 2014 Two young women pose outside of their home in the Jayang IDP camp. The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) helps fund many refugee projects within Burma; their signs can be seen throughout the IDP camps surrounding Laiza. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595473031072-8B0K44VKXQNO65EXWCOK/25.jpg Kachin State - Mungseng Yang Training Camp / Laiza / Kachin State / Burma / 2014 (Copy) Mungseng Yang Training Camp / Laiza / Kachin State / Burma / 2014 An officer instructs a new group of cadets on an attack-and-defend exercise at the Mungseng Yang Training Camp. The current KIA is a volunteer army; however, they have used conscription in the past multiple times to quell troop shortages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595473031071-66OQYXGXJKUPN2BM67W2/26-2.jpg Kachin State - China–Burma Border / Kachin State / Burma / 2014 (Copy) China–Burma Border / Kachin State / Burma / 2014 A solider takes a break and checks his phone on a log during a training exercise along the China–Burma border. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595473073339-LLWFWCBNVI7LM827CZRS/27.jpg Kachin State - Mai Chyu Hka Wan Jak Hydroelectric Dam / Kachin State / Burma / 2014 (Copy) Mai Chyu Hka Wan Jak Hydroelectric Dam / Kachin State / Burma / 2014 A technician rests in the Mai Chyu Hka Wan Jak Hydroelectric Dam on the China–Burma border. China builds roads and dams for the Kachin people at no cost with the intention of building-up the state’s infrastructure and consequently attaining mineral and lumber concessions (of which the Kachin state is rich in) in the future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595473074266-DUT48JZT9HEEADNAF6VH/28.jpg Kachin State - Mai Jai Yang Golf Course / Kachin State / Burma / 2014 (Copy) Mai Jai Yang Golf Course / Kachin State / Burma / 2014 Two young moon bears are kept in captivity in a makeshift cage at the Mai Jai Yang golf course. Because of the region and culture, animal products are used quite openly—where tiger claws, bear gallbladders, and other such goods can be purchased from many local dealers within the Kachin state. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595473112172-FYYZH87670CZE73O78DO/30-2.jpg Kachin State - China–Burma Border / Kachin State / Burma / 2014 (Copy) China–Burma Border / Kachin State / Burma / 2014 Two labourers work on a newly constructed road along the China–Burma border. Infrastructure is constantly being worked on within the Kachin state with lots of help from across the border, in the form of Chinese materials and funding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595473112173-BSCQ2LEI42H6D9OF4J41/31-2.jpg Kachin State - China–Burma Border / Kachin State / Burma / 2014 (Copy) China–Burma Border / Kachin State / Burma / 2014 This Kachin-made KA-09 rifle is based-off of the famous AK-47 model. The KIA decided to make their own rifles not only because of shipping and transport concerns, but also because of the geopolitical ramifications of buying arms from a country that may have close ties to Burma’s military, such as China or Thailand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595473153475-HBEEH1T7ODMH0EE2USPT/32.jpg Kachin State - Laiza / Kachin State / Burma / 2014 (Copy) Laiza / Kachin State / Burma / 2014 32- The groom Hkum Sinwa and bride Ura Roi Tawng at their wedding ceremony in Kachin state. The scripture in the background translates to: “May all things grow up into Christ as we keep being faithful and righteous” citing Isaiah 26:2-4 and Matthew 25:14-30. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595473153276-ZAWOIJJK3MRV9JJESYJC/33-2.jpg Kachin State - Laiza / Kachin State / Burma / 2014 (Copy) Laiza / Kachin State / Burma / 2014 A young nurse poses for a portrait outside her residence. Laiza has a functioning hospital that treats many ailments; however, most materials and resources are donated from various NGOs, such as the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595473154562-35E6PX8H1TQXFUGYFG0H/34.jpg Kachin State - Laiza / Kachin State / Burma / 2014 (Copy) Laiza / Kachin State / Burma / 2014 A police officer patrols the roads of Laiza. 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598723151017-Y4C1YQC5ET9D292TXGDV/title.jpg Karen State - Thailand–Burma Border / Karen State / Burma / 2012 (Copy) Thailand–Burma Border / Karen State / Burma / 2012 A shot of the Mae La refugee camp on the Thailand–Burma border, just outside of Mae Sot. With a population of roughly 11,700 people, the demographics of the camp are 99% Karen and Kayin ethnicities— the Kayin being closely related to the Karen in geographical closeness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598722917467-5JAP88XLYXBLOSJLQYGI/1.jpg Karen State - Front Line / Karen State / Burma / 2012 (Copy) Front Line / Karen State / Burma / 2012 Colonel Ner Dah Mya poses for a portrait on the front line between Karen-controlled territory and the Burmese military. Ner Dah Mya is the son of the General Bo Mya, who famously defended Burma against the Japanese aggression during World War II. Bo Mya was the chairman of the Karen National Union (KNU, the political wing of Karen National Liberation Army) for 24 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598722917650-J9YK9SXS41011827EJ9A/2.jpg Karen State - Thailand–Burma Border / Karen State / Burma / 2012 (Copy) Thailand–Burma Border / Karen State / Burma / 2012 Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) Special Forces commandos do a weapons check before crossing back over into the Karen-controlled area. The Karen control very small pockets of land along the Thailand–Burma border, and the Burmese military has been quite successful in destroying most, if not all, KNLA strongholds. This fact has forced the KNLA to use hit and run tactics, transitioning their fight into a guerrilla warfare campaign where the ethnic army seldom stays in one place for long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598722918352-H2D5A4JL68SLNHO7FPV4/3.jpg Karen State - Mae Tao Clinic / Mae Sot / Thailand / 2012 (Copy) Mae Tao Clinic / Mae Sot / Thailand / 2012 Doctor Cynthia Maung stands in the doorway of her office at The Mae Tao Clinic in Mae Sot, Thailand. After Cynthia Maung became a doctor, the 1988 political uprisings in Burma began, with the intent to help the impoverished populations being oppressed by the military. Cynthia Maung fled her hometown, starting the Mae Tao Clinic just across the border in Thailand. The Mae Tao Clinic is funded and directed by Cynthia Maung, and gives free medical treatment to anyone who walks through its doors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598722975674-7B8R253JBCBOFRNZ6WCD/4.jpg Karen State - Mae Tao Clinic / Mae Sot / Thailand / 2012 (Copy) Mae Tao Clinic / Mae Sot / Thailand / 2012 Soe My Naing feeds one of his 72-hour-old newborn twins through a feeding straw at the Mae Tao Clinic. If it were not for Cynthia Maung and the Mae Tao Clinic, tens of thousands of refugees and migrant workers would be left without the option of medical care in this very harsh region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598722919661-CP1235BE7WVYZQRHJSMU/5.jpg Karen State - Mae Tao Clinic / Mae Sot / Thailand / 2012 (Copy) Mae Tao Clinic / Mae Sot / Thailand / 2012 The caseload board displays what the Mae Tao Clinic deals with on a day-to-day basis: note the amount of land mine victims—Burma being cited as the tenth highest land mine amputee per capita ratio in the world; the Mae Tao clinic provides a much needed service to the victims of war munitions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598722997748-LH201SZBHB1MKQECKZG8/6.jpg Karen State - Mae Sot Hospital / Mae Sot / Thailand / 2012 (Copy) Mae Sot Hospital / Mae Sot / Thailand / 2012 A patient of Doctor Somchate (general surgeon at the Mae Sot Hospital) rests in his hospital bed after his leg was amputated above the knee—a patient who stepped on a land mine while gathering firewood for his family’s dinner. Somchate’s numbers indicate that his hospital deals with roughly 60–70 land mine victims with approximately 40 amputations annually. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598722998700-CWGZOWYEQH3VUSJWWPNY/7.jpg Karen State - Thailand–Burma Border / Karen State / Burma / 2012 (Copy) Thailand–Burma Border / Karen State / Burma / 2012 Farmland seen on the border of Thailand and Burma where villagers employ the slash-and-burn technique of agriculture. The KNU sees this as a detrimental use of land and renounces the practice. In response, the union imports agriculture experts to teach and train the villagers on new and less-ecologically-damaging techniques of growing crops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598723000927-TFVOXN45LO9LBLVCV2GT/8.jpg Karen State - Thailand–Burma Border / Karen State / Burma / 2012 (Copy) Thailand–Burma Border / Karen State / Burma / 2012 Two pickup trucks filled with heavily-armed KNLA commandos snake along Karen-held territory, along the Thailand–Burma border, on their way to the village of Maw Kee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598723000640-GNHZTQE9RHEQ16SUFC27/9.jpg Karen State - Maw Kee Village / Karen State / Burma / 2012 (Copy) Maw Kee Village / Karen State / Burma / 2012 Pe Yat poses for a portrait in the Karen-controlled village of Maw Kee. All villages in Karen-held territory contain Burmese spies that track the KNLA’s movements. It is imperative that the soldiers treat the villagers with the upmost respect and dignity when protecting and living alongside them, which is very evident in every Karen-held village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598723023288-9SIK38KV35M457PJ03UO/10.jpg Karen State - Maw Kee Village / Karen State / Burma / 2012 (Copy) Maw Kee Village / Karen State / Burma / 2012 The cut-off age for joining the KNLA is 16. At 15, Ah No is one of the youngest soldiers within the KNLA’s ranks. The KNLA have a history of using child soldiers, even though, recently, the ethnic army has sworn to the international community to recruit soldiers over the age of 16 exclusively. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598723023789-1ZLQB3WU4TBUV5TALD6N/11.jpg Karen State - Mae Sot Garbage Dump / Mae Sot / Thailand / 2011 (Copy) Mae Sot Garbage Dump / Mae Sot / Thailand / 2011 A young child and his mother pick through a mountain of trash at the Mae Sot garbage dump to look for salvageable materials to sell to recyclers. The Mae Sot garbage dump is home to a small community of Karen refugees that live, eat, and sleep in the dump, and sort through the refuse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598723024535-199FRXISOZDS5VNPP3CW/12.jpg Karen State - Mae Sot Garbage Dump / Mae Sot / Thailand / 2011 (Copy) Mae Sot Garbage Dump / Mae Sot / Thailand / 2011 Within the Mae Sot garbage dump, a mother and her young child pose for a portrait before their home. There are roughly 20 families who live amongst the garbage, in and around the dump, just across the Thailand–Burma border. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598723026064-YTUCBXMD6PWP1M38EMRW/13.jpg Karen State - Thailand–Burma Border / Karen State / Burma / 2012 (Copy) Thailand–Burma Border / Karen State / Burma / 2012 A Karen militia member walks through a banana plantation in the middle of the jungle. International NGOs travel to Karen state to teach and train the KNLA and Karen villages on new agriculture techniques, with the aim of providing villages with access to local food while reducing their reliance on risky cross-border trade—a trade which is strictly monitored by the Burmese military. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598723026911-HAVOC1FWJNCRM3LULW4N/14.jpg Karen State - Te La Soul Waterfall / Karen State / Burma / 2012 (Copy) Te La Soul Waterfall / Karen State / Burma / 2012 KNLA sniper Cha Do Do, grandson of the revered late General Bo Mya, stares at a ten-storey Te La Soul waterfall. The Karen state is comprised of beautiful, rich jungle and stunning ancient teak trees. The KNU plans to promote ecotourism within the Karen state, when optimistically the political situation finally stabilizes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598723045122-7VJWNV6FM3YLTPZJ1WSZ/15.jpg Karen State - Thailand–Burma Border / Karen State / Burma / 2012 (Copy) Thailand–Burma Border / Karen State / Burma / 2012 “We have nothing,” are the words of Sea Tu, a 28-year-old KNLA soldier. He prepares himself for the last stretch of the journey along the Thailand–Burma border until he can reach the relative safety of the Karen-held village of Maw Kee. Sea Tu (which translates to Silver and Gold in Karen) has been fighting for the KNLA for 3 years. With conviction, he offers, “I don’t want my people to run.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598723045008-BF8G1FTD5IG3UHW7IX1S/16.jpg Karen State - Thailand–Burma Border / Karen State / Burma / 2012 (Copy) Thailand–Burma Border / Karen State / Burma / 2012 On a trek to the Te La Soul waterfall, a solider radios the patrol ahead to assess the route. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598723046021-MRHGHI2QGUQMR1B38LU4/17.jpg Karen State - Mae Sot / Thailand / 2012 (Copy) Mae Sot / Thailand / 2012 Vice-President of the KNU Naw Zipporah Sien poses for a portrait in the doorway of her office. For years, the KNU has been painstakingly negotiating with the Burmese government to broker a ceasefire, yet internal organizational splits have stalled efforts in the past—casting a long shadow over today’s negotiations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598723046639-HFH2WZIIK9BUTP4YLHQP/18.jpg Karen State - Moei River / Mae Sot / Thailand / 2011 (Copy) Moei River / Mae Sot / Thailand / 2011 A young entrepreneur carries two migrant workers across the Moei River from Burma to Thailand, one of many trips he commissions each day. Unofficial cross-border migration is rife along the Thailand–Burma border, and greatly contributes to the black market. The manufacturing/sweatshop industry is rampant across the river in Thailand, where Burmese migrants are regularly exploited for cheap and disposable labour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598723048244-EK9UGAVXVVCEI8UKJWIM/19.jpg Karen State - Moei River / Mae Sot / Thailand / 2011 (Copy) Moei River / Mae Sot / Thailand / 2011 A makeshift migrant worker camp on the Thai banks of the Moei River houses a Karen family. Many families avoid official paper checks with well-placed bribes. Many migrant workers live just feet from their homeland’s borders to try and eke out a living in one of the many factories that line the Moei River’s Thai banks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598723048429-5717M4YDS1FJ9Y8VVV8K/20.jpg Karen State - Maw Kee Village / Karen State / Burma / 2012 (Copy) Maw Kee Village / Karen State / Burma / 2012 Pulling out of the village of Maw Kee is a carriage full of farmers travelling to their fields in the early morning. Farmers’ fields are sometimes multiple kilometers away from their villages—daily travels to distant locations are necessary. Some choose to build temporary shelters next to their crops, living by their side during the harvest season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598723073110-5JYHKRBFNU5P53MMOO8R/21.jpg Karen State - Thailand–Burma Border / Karen State / Burma / 2012 (Copy) Thailand–Burma Border / Karen State / Burma / 2012 A young solider navigates the dense jungle on a trek to the Te La Soul waterfall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598723072186-I56U61P2Y2TUHB7WG3KL/22.jpg Karen State - Maw Kee Village / Karen State / Burma / 2012 (Copy) Maw Kee Village / Karen State / Burma / 2012 “Lucky,” the Special Forces medic, shows off his back tattoo. The Karen have been fighting an ongoing war with Burma’s military for over 65 years, and their level of dedication and pride to maintain their autonomy, voice, and culture seems to be unmatched. With dwindling numbers and resources, the once mighty and feared, yet completely ardent KNLA refuse to bow down and surrender their land and their people to the Burmese military. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598723073180-HPSZ8V5RC05ABXP9YR8N/23.jpg Karen State - Thailand–Burma Border / Karen State / Burma / 2012 (Copy) Thailand–Burma Border / Karen State / Burma / 2012 Five years ago, at the age of 63, Thoo Goo decided to take up arms with the KNLA and fight for his people’s freedom. Because of the KNLA’s dwindling numbers, their ranks have quite an assortment of soldiers in age, strength, and ability, yet each one’s dedication to their people is just as powerful and strong as the ranks of any military on Earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598723107413-Z4IDE120MRYRP4LMIKSU/24.jpg Karen State - Tu La Soul Waterfall / Karen State / Burma / 2012 (Copy) Tu La Soul Waterfall / Karen State / Burma / 2012 Two soldiers survey their surroundings while on a trek to the Tu La Soul waterfall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598723076085-E9477W2TUYX2P6DLIE1O/25.jpg Karen State - Thailand–Burma Border / Karen State / Burma / 2012 (Copy) Thailand–Burma Border / Karen State / Burma / 2012 The slash and burn technique of agriculture is in full effect as a Karen farmer and his son wait in their field and watch the remainder of last season’s crops burn away. Most Karen farmers grow corn due to its high sugar content, eliminating the need to grow larger fields and mitigating the risk of seizure by the roving Burmese military patrols in the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598723149027-A8FTFS9G9QK00NCX5SRF/26.jpg Karen State - Maw Kee Village / Karen State / Burma / 2012 (Copy) Maw Kee Village / Karen State / Burma / 2012 A young girl listens to the band play during a sermon in the Christian Baptist church in the village of Maw Kee. Burma, a country that was once predominantly Buddhist across the map, was heavily influenced by Christian missionaries centuries ago. The Karen is one of many ethnic minorities within Burma who were taken by Christian influence. As a group, these ethnic minorities represent the even smaller Christian minority within the still-Buddhist Burma. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598723149133-QPFQT0A0B55EP2DOOKAA/27.jpg Karen State - Mae La Refugee Camp / Mae Sot / Thailand / 2011 (Copy) Mae La Refugee Camp / Mae Sot / Thailand / 2011 In the Mae La refugee camp on the Thailand–Burma border, a woman places her fingerprint on a form to acknowledge that she has received her monthly rations of oil and flour. There are ten main refugee camps across the border in Thailand that house thousands of ethnic minorities, all of whom have fled the violent ethnic cleansing campaign raging within Burma. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598723150574-TIBSN3L72N8EN0F59DTL/29.jpg Karen State - Thailand–Burma Border / Karen State / Burma / 2012 (Copy) Thailand–Burma Border / Karen State / Burma / 2012 An American-made, government-issue M-16 assault rifle in the hands of a KNLA solider in Burma. There have been rumors and speculations that either the Thai or the American government (or both) have supplied the KNLA with arms as a last line of defense against drug smugglers—those who are trying to bring yaba and heroin into Thailand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598723150115-3VZ5Q7TF94O51UDWGDCK/30.jpg Karen State - Front Line / Karen State / Burma / 2012 (Copy) Front Line / Karen State / Burma / 2012 Nah Na, a KNLA soldier, poses for a portrait with his RPG launcher on the front lines between the KNLA and the Burmese military. https://www.bryandickie.com/book-i daily 0.75 2025-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1599421952835-9WCE1Q726Y7FQAM2UXSH/2-2.jpg Book I - Kachin Independence Army (Copy) Kachin Independence Army Munglai Hkyet Training Camp / Laiza / Kachin State / Burma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1599422274783-SHYH1U7H9XZ5ND2AC7I7/_MG_6810-6.jpg Book I Pond Inlet / Nunavut / Canada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1599423053023-QRY3EO8P5PLDLGGZ0V3J/_MG_9943_4x5crop.jpg Book I - Karen National Liberation Army (Copy) Karen National Liberation Army Thailand–Burma Border / Karen State / Burma / 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1599421852926-W4HM2ZTOEZCLS9BCTDKT/_04A3230.jpg Book I - #Notanotherblacklife Protest 2020 (Copy) #Notanotherblacklife Protest 2020 Toronto / Canada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1599422721557-JDNDID4MO0CZT5BJGKZK/_04A2141%28no+twigs+in+corner%29.jpg Book I - Paces (Copy) Paces Toronto / Canada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1599421844398-1C4GYTFKRFMHVTIEMO9Q/_04A2550.jpg Book I - Covid Lockdown Protest (Copy) Covid Lockdown Protest Toronto / Canada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1599421872060-KZUA1SINEYS4MKFMJLQW/_04A7044-2.jpg Book I - Rhino, Bear and Tiger parts for sale (Copy) Rhino, Bear and Tiger parts for sale Pangkham / Wa State / Burma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1599421867685-6HTX7ZA5OFJ2TDJC3YWM/_04A6885.jpg Book I - Bao Youxiang (Copy) Bao Youxiang Pangkham / Wa State / Burma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1599421904184-0CJPYOA0XKTLIJGA7EE7/_MG_3384.jpg Book I - Taylor - Pride 2012 (Copy) Taylor - Pride 2012 Toronto / Canada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1599421921105-U6RU77L2YBKBERTFBYTM/1-H1-2-1.jpg Book I - Ben the Sub (Copy) Ben the Sub https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1599424261206-VFXTJ5XNA5P1YBP6X69F/1-J1-7-2goodwebflipped.jpg Book I - Chiloh - Pride 2016 (Copy) Chiloh - Pride 2016 Toronto / Canada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1599421851688-QZI6YZKBGUMOL8H9QJ7K/_04A2968-2.jpg Book I - VISAH (Copy) VISAH Montreal / Canada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1599421823727-XT4YYI13SJXUC1H04A46/_04A2093.jpg Book I - Black Lives Matter Protest 2020 (Copy) Black Lives Matter Protest 2020 Toronto / Canada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1599421807744-RE5IA873TB0OGHFR1MJR/_04A1535.jpg Book I - Tiger Paw For Sale (Copy) Tiger Paw For Sale Tengchong / Yunnan Province / China https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1599421837506-UR9SR0IBVG4WDH4W561Y/_04A2199.jpg Book I - Kyle Wyatt (Copy) Kyle Wyatt Toronto / Canada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1599421847554-NYC6J17V54VBI7QCQYHW/_04A2631.jpg Book I - Chairman Yawd Serk (Copy) Chairman Yawd Serk Loi Tai Leng / Burma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1599421866834-O2W9USUSHTTI1VQQSH9G/_04A5362.jpg Book I - United Wa State Army (Copy) United Wa State Army Pangkham / Wa State / Burma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1599421790379-M875W19SF0SPOWBKWWJT/_04A0680.jpg Book I - Covid Pandemic Business Closures (Copy) Covid Pandemic Business Closures Eaton Centre / Toronto / Canada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1599421856318-VXVGUMMV8DD6UFR0Y79X/_04A3717.jpg Book I - Lotus (Copy) Lotus Boon Lot's Elephant Sanctuary / Thailand https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1599421877151-7NG4LOBRVZ8XZ3LVZ8KY/_04A7254.jpg Book I - City Prepares for Riots (Copy) City Prepares for Riots Toronto / Canada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1599421788581-52Z663X8FN8GZE2ZY7I0/_04A0591.jpg Book I - Pet Monkey (Copy) Pet Monkey Pangkham / Wa State / Burma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1599421860090-208LRXC54LXMUFWSAQYR/_04A4300.jpg Book I Toronto / Canada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1599421903835-VHDJWNJF96L0PAI9C00B/_MG_4899.jpg Book I - Ice Mountain (Copy) Ice Mountain Iluissat / Greenland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1599421889840-0URG06X82CF14HM1MEW4/_04A9142.jpg Book I - Kyle Wyatt (Copy) Kyle Wyatt Toronto / Canada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1599421876858-0T33H2Z3HSLM7811EDKH/_04A7180.jpg Book I - AK47s (Copy) AK47s Loi Tai Leng / Shan State / Burma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1599421946563-QI6P2HYP73UN99ABL0UW/1-Z1-18-3.jpg Book I - Snow Birds (Copy) Snow Birds Toronto / Canada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1599421849961-PHBRF3MINZGBCZW1E6ZK/_04A2865.jpg Book I - Pang Dow (Copy) Pang Dow Boon Lot's Elephant Sanctuary / Thailand https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1599421853912-5WCONXWT33BTJ8H85WGA/_04A3434.jpg Book I - Naam Fon (Copy) Naam Fon Boon Lot's Elephant Sanctuary / Thailand https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1599421909812-1ZNN1RE9PFDMSMQXGBFL/_MG_8523.jpg Book I - Aju Peters (Copy) Aju Peters Baffin Island / Canada https://www.bryandickie.com/wa-state daily 0.75 2025-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595467259984-7JOUSEW27YFZ6SH53BIY/_04A6885.jpg Wa State - Pangkham / Wa State / Burma (Copy) Pangkham / Wa State / Burma United Wa State Army Chairman Bao Youxiang waves to the crowd as he exits the 30th Anniversary Peace celebrations held on April 17, 2019 in Pangkham. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595467471782-BW59MKZKYQGYPG0UR74R/_04A4607.jpg Wa State - Pangkham / Wa State / Burma (Copy) Pangkham / Wa State / Burma Spectators celebrate 30 years of peace between the United Wa State Army and the Burmese Military on April 17th, 2019 in Pangkham. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595467482392-1WTRV4PSW4FU4F4F6KHM/_04A5516.jpg Wa State - Pangkham / Wa State / Burma (Copy) Pangkham / Wa State / Burma Wa soldiers brandish hand held Chinese made surface to air missile launchers, also known as MANPADS. The United Wa State Army is the only ethnic military in Burma which has such high grade weaponry such as the MANPADS. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595467434577-OMHB71O5IJA2OKS1HFR3/_04A0052.jpg Wa State - Pangkham / Wa State / Burma (Copy) Pangkham / Wa State / Burma Chen Ni Lai (14), a Wa Police Officer, guards the main entrance to the parade grounds in Pangkham, the capitol of Wa state, one day before the 30th Peace Anniversary celebrations. One of the groups that arose from the ashes of the Communist Party of Burma, The United Wa State Army was formed in 1989 and soon after signed a Peace agreement with the Burmese Military after years of fighting under the red communist flag. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595467439492-ZAKATITWORU33C3X8Z5F/_04A0591.jpg Wa State - Pangkham / Wa State / Burma (Copy) Pangkham / Wa State / Burma A local woman shows off her pet monkey in the streets of Pangkham. The Wa State capitol is a destination for rare animal products with many shops lining the main streets of the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595467459425-H4Y9EFSF8Z04C72W6S14/_04A3737-2.jpg Wa State - Pangkham / Wa State / Burma (Copy) Pangkham / Wa State / Burma A Wa police officer enjoys a fireworks display on the eve of the 30th Peace Anniversary Celebrations. April 17, 2019 marks 30 years of sustained peace between the United W State Army and the Burmese military. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595467466059-SZMNIHZT079XCO1JI55P/_04A4194.jpg Wa State - Pangkham / Wa State / Burma (Copy) Pangkham / Wa State / Burma A spectator films Wa soldiers with his phone on the day of the 30th Peace Anniversary in Pangkham. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595467498528-04KCZSLZOE4OQNV20X8B/_04A5362.jpg Wa State - Pangkham / Wa State / Burma (Copy) Pangkham / Wa State / Burma Wa soldiers march in parade formation to mark the 30th Peace Anniversary held in the Wa State capitol, Pangkham, on April 17th, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595467508725-S3E8MUNDPCXSIX5XBLB3/_04A6410.jpg Wa State - Pangkham / Wa State / Burma (Copy) Pangkham / Wa State / Burma Bao Youxiang, the defacto leader of the United Wa State Army/Party watches the 30th anniversary peace celebrations surrounded by other Wa central committee members. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595467428205-UOCM4WKFNQOXFVDBHEH1/_04A6941%28facefix%29.jpg Wa State - Pangkham / Wa State / Burma (Copy) Pangkham / Wa State / Burma A patriotic Wa spectator shows his water buffalo tattoo during the 30th Peace Anniversary celebrations in the Wa capitol, Pangkham. The Water Buffalo is the most important animal in Wa folklore which is used as a sacraficial animal to this day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1595467522388-A1SKW86TLBJQU4E8W306/_04A6559.jpg Wa State - Pangkham / Wa State / Burma (Copy) Pangkham / Wa State / Burma A Wa soilder holds a Chinese made Type 97A assault rifle in formation during the 30th Peace Anniversary celbrations. The Wa have the largest and most advanced weaponry of all the ethnic militaries within Burma, rivialing some of the Burmese Army’s arsenal. https://www.bryandickie.com/shan-state daily 0.75 2025-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598721250772-CFXHDSXWJCL2TRCTJ0H5/title.jpg Shan State - Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 (Copy) Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 Soldiers take formation on the parade ground during a Shan National Day rehearsal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598720467137-QGX8GSE7D3GNAOIYHPFF/1.jpg Shan State - Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 (Copy) Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 A Shan girl studies in class at the school run by the Restoration Council for the Shan State (RCSS) in Loi Tai Leng—one of the very few schools where Shan kids are allowed to be taught their own history, culture, and language, alongside other, more standardized subjects such as math, computer/technology, and science. Due to their proximity to the Thailand—Burma border and the state’s precarious political situation, the children are also taught four different languages: Shan, Burmese, English, and Thai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598720467386-OSHGHJIGX4EA5P6ZGYQQ/2-2.jpg Shan State - Chairman Yawd Serk and General Sai Yee / Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 (Copy) Chairman Yawd Serk and General Sai Yee / Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 Chairman Yawd Serk and General Sai Yee pose for a portrait during the Pyi Thee Ka Sam Kong celebration—an occasion which marks the first time the Buddhist scriptures were officially translated to the Shan language. Sai Yee heads the SSAS, while Yawd Serk leads the RCSS, the political wing that oversees them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598720468780-7YIK963LTU86M8DG3OQD/3.jpg Shan State - Ong Leng Soong Refugee Camp / Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 (Copy) Ong Leng Soong Refugee Camp / Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 In the front yard of the refugee camp Ong Leng Soong, children play. The town of Loi Tai Leng was originally created to be the military headquarters for the SSAS. Yet, as fighting continued within the Shan state, refugees started fleeing to Loi Tai Leng in search of safety from the government troops. Thus, Ong Leng Soong was created to house, and shelter, the influx of people coming to settle along the border. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598720468974-LCFXNE80HLXDGFLHZCDT/4.jpg Shan State - Loi Tai Leng / Shan State / Burma / 2015 (Copy) Loi Tai Leng / Shan State / Burma / 2015 A soldier walks towards Loi Tai Leng, repair tools in hand. The town of Loi Tai Leng was aligned along the Thailand–Burma border with definitive purpose. Yawd Serk, after refusing to surrender with Khun Sa and the Mong Tai Army, set out to create a military base with the goal of launching operations against the Burmese military. Through Yawd Serk’s fervent political opposition, Loi Tai Leng was born. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598720470461-KQNCVUQFH63VVVEKASHG/5.jpg Shan State - SSAS Military Police / Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 (Copy) SSAS Military Police / Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 Two military police patrol the main strip of Loi Tai Leng leading up to the celebrations of Shan National Day—a date in which the first time all the Shan principalities came together to form the Shan congress, and subsequently formed a unified state, on February 7, 1947. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598720643147-C157YPQ5TG0O580944RS/6.jpg Shan State - SSAS Commandos / Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 (Copy) SSAS Commandos / Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 SSAS commandos are shown during a military demonstration for the Shan National Day celebrations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598720642906-HXM3HVVTACJ5CWD8SJBT/7.jpg Shan State - Parade Ground / Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 (Copy) Parade Ground / Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 A rappel tower at the military parade ground in Loi Tai Leng displays a mural of a tiger. The tiger is a very significant animal to Shan culture: there is a legend about a very significant Shan king, Chaolung Sukaphaa, who was raised by tigers as a boy. As he grew into adulthood, he also grew into greatness, becoming King of the Shan Kingdom. The kingdom Chaolung Sukaphaa conceptualized stood for six hundred years, and was able to unify the intricate balance of ethnic and tribal communities to form the first boundaries of the Shan state. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598720644074-LLE5L1E78C8WANT0AODA/8.jpg Shan State - Shan State / Burma / 2015 (Copy) Shan State / Burma / 2015 This is the Thailand–Burma border along which the SSAS have been pushed by the Burmese military. In the heart of the golden triangle, Shan history is closely linked to the South Asian drug trade. Before there was the SSAS, the region had the Shan United Revolutionary Army (SURA). Formed in 1969, SURA was the first post-colonial Shan army to fight for autonomy against the Burmese military. After 16 years of fighting and gaining little ground, the SURA joined the famous Mong Tai Army, run by famous drug kingpin Khun Sa. After 11 years of international pressure, and in an attempt to stay out of jail on drug charges, Khun Sa surrendered to the Burmese military. This is where today’s SSAS was borne. Fathered by a disgruntled Yawd Serk, the SSAS served to rejuvenate the fight for Shan independence and distance the Shan state from the drug trade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598720473675-IT147GKCJR4R0Q7U0OF1/9-2.jpg Shan State - Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 (Copy) Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 Lum Sien was living in the Burmese-occupied village of Na Mun Om when, one day, in 2009, he asked one of the Burmese military officers if he and two other friends could get permission to leave the village to go and hunt. Lum Sien, along with two others, was granted permission. However, upon their return, all three were accused of contacting the RCSS, and were beaten and tortured for their suspected offence. Lum Sien was released, but only after he was physically assaulted by Burmese the military. He decided to flee his village out of fear, eventually landing in Loi Tai Leng. For the past six years, Lum Sien has lived in the mountaintop military base where he works as a carpenter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598720737842-PCT6L5BVBRB4MCVKOCIB/10.jpg Shan State - Ong Leng Soong Refugee Camp / Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 (Copy) Ong Leng Soong Refugee Camp / Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 Loung Nan Da is no stranger to Burmese military tactics of fear. In 1999, the Burmese military accused him of being an RCSS supporter—an accusation that changed Loung Nan Da’s life forever. He was swiftly detained and tortured using the technique of waterboarding, and when the information the military garnered from this technique was found to be insufficient they persisted and intensified their torture, taking red hot iron rods and using them to pierce his chest; sharpening bamboo sticks to stab deep into his leg muscles; and using needles to mutilate his genitals as a last ditch effort to attain information on Shan spies. Delirious and in pain, Loung Nan Da was then taken to Mun Nai City where he was used as a slave. It took him seven days to gather the strength and the courage to escape to the city of Ho Mung. For a decade, Loung Nan Da peacefully hid in Ho Mung until one day a Burmese military patrol recognized him. He then fled to the safety of the mountaintop military base of Loi Tai Leng in 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598720515114-958TOEWNMWSVYZ0CFPBN/11.jpg Shan State - Kong Fu Hat Han / Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 (Copy) Kong Fu Hat Han / Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 The grave of a Shan soldier in the Kong Fu Hat Han graveyard, which translates to: Mountain of the Knight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598720515097-JN1S2S1S77R9787T6UD3/12.jpg Shan State - Kong Fu Hat Han / Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 (Copy) Kong Fu Hat Han / Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 In the Kong Fu Hat Han graveyard there lays old moss-covered gravestones of soldiers who have given their lives fighting the Burmese military. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598720778146-4EFH2M38DBHJJWW3143Q/13.jpg Shan State - Ong Leng Soong Refugee Camp / Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 (Copy) Ong Leng Soong Refugee Camp / Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 Nai Eh was a 12-year-old monk when drug lord Khun Sa’s Mong Tai Army took his family’s farmland and conscripted him as a soldier within its ranks. For the next 26 years, Nai Eh fought in a war in which he never wanted to participate. In 1996, when Khun Sa surrendered to the Burmese military, Nai Eh was left with nothing. He decided to do the only thing he knew how, soldiering. He joined the Burmese-aligned Southern Shan State Army (SSS), fighting in their ranks for eight long years; enduring hundreds of battles, poor living conditions, and rampant drug abuse. When his limit for destructive conditions was reached, Nai Eh was driven to flee the Burmese SSS and join the opposing SSAS. He then fought for another five years for the SSAS until he finally retired from soldiering—after 39 years of fighting wars with three different armies. He now makes money by collecting large pieces of lumber for construction purposes, and farming a small plot of land in Loi Tai Leng. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598720777959-WM5O3BQQK9E4MKRT92Y4/14.jpg Shan State - Ong Leng Soong Refugee Camp / Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 (Copy) Ong Leng Soong Refugee Camp / Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 For Lun Yom, life in his home village, Mung Lai, was never easy. More than ten times in his life, Lun Yom had been forced at gunpoint to be a porter for the Burmese military, sustaining beatings every time he slowed of showed fatigue. The Burmese military uses ethnic minorities as a resource while fighting its skirmishes throughout the country. Burmese soldiers will come to a village and seize able-bodied men to serve as porters and human land mine detectors while they are on patrol. Lun Yom decided to flee Mung Lai seven years ago due to intense fighting between Thai and Burmese forces, and has since resettled with his wife in Loi Tai Leng. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598720520896-WOIIOL6CBTHYW1EGFLE2/15.jpg Shan State - Ong Leng Soong Refugee Camp / Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 (Copy) Ong Leng Soong Refugee Camp / Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 Ong Leng Soong refugee camp, seen here hugging the crest of a mountain in the Shan state fortress of Loi Tai Leng. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598720899937-LQKKU175ABT2TKX1LICT/16.jpg Shan State - Ong Leng Soong Refugee Camp / Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 (Copy) Ong Leng Soong Refugee Camp / Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 Ba Kam loves the safety of Loi Tai Leng, and the fact the she will not be forced to become a porter again. Yet she still dreams of going back to her home village of Wan Lu, even though it burned to the ground at the hands of the Burmese military over a decade ago. In 2002, after the Burmese military set fire to the village’s small bamboo huts, Ba Kan had little choice but to abandon her village. Wan Lu had been ransacked for supplies and to forcibly recruit porters many times before, but this desecration would be its last. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598720964635-IFZI86G73Z4MHV4N6ZEU/17-2.jpg Shan State - Ong Leng Soong Refugee Camp / Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 (Copy) Ong Leng Soong Refugee Camp / Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 Sai Wei Ling lost his leg in the most horrifying way imaginable—as a human land mine detector. In 1991, the Burmese military came to Sai Wei Ling’s village and forced him to walk ahead of a column of Burmese soldiers for a patrol, when he stepped on a land mine and tragically lost his leg. Decades later, Sai Wei Ling now lives in the safety of Loi Tai Leng. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598720964389-NDUYUX3AFTN111T3JK3L/18.jpg Shan State - Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 (Copy) Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 In the lead up to the Shan National Day celebrations, perfect military form is of the utmost importance. Soldiers are punished for entering formation late by doing squats in the midday sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598721014362-52JP0EHA2IAHALVO9XE6/19.jpg Shan State - Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 (Copy) Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 A monk watches soldiers practice parade marching during the Shan National Day celebrations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598721014056-01GL9PTH45NL6J6YKANC/20.jpg Shan State - Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 (Copy) Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 A military police officer patrols Loi Tai Leng. The quiet mountaintop military base is turned into a small city for one week during the Shan National Day celebrations. During this time, given the influx of visitors, the area requires additional security for the safety of the arriving guests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598721014682-ADGH2G0VEFEZOQF8U8JN/21-2.jpg Shan State - Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 (Copy) Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 A law-breaking soldier is reprimanded through forced labour—a standard punishment issued by the SSAS—which is typically enforced in small stints of a few weeks. However, the severity of the crime can greatly increase or decrease the type of punishment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598721096837-C8Z0MNWBE9QBCJMW43Q3/22.jpg Shan State - Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 (Copy) Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 A Burmese-aligned Border Guard Force (BGF) soldier shows off his Buddhist good luck tattoos. Many Shan soldiers have Shan Buddhist script inked into their bodies; these are meant to protect them from evil, disease, and enemies. Monks, from within their monasteries, tattoo soldiers after they have received a blessing by their Lord, Buddha. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598721096709-CEY0ZBL2B2PIFNNL05QP/23.jpg Shan State - Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 (Copy) Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 A Special Forces commando rests during a rehearsal for the Shan National Day celebrations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598720529268-BBXJ7IVXN8C6Y7AIL4L4/24-2.jpg Shan State - Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 (Copy) Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 As he rests, a Special Forces commando poses for a portrait in the lead-up to the Shan National Day celebrations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598720562443-2FUA90G4Z9HOULTUX0NY/25.jpg Shan State - Kham Phit and Mwe Leng / Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 (Copy) Kham Phit and Mwe Leng / Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 Kham Phit and Mwe Leng ride their teacher’s motorbike to the Loi Tai Leng International School. Loi Tai Leng has an international school for older students to perfect their English, which is generously run and funded by the much-admired Taung Mu Shwe—a man who has dedicated his life to helping the Shan community through tirelessly raising funds abroad for his school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598720562431-BG1E46FT8QHFRW9HPRFE/26.jpg Shan State - Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 (Copy) Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 A young Shan boy poses for a portrait in front a column of soldiers during the Shan National Day celebrations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598720564479-LT67SXBJ2WIUUIRHFV69/27.jpg Shan State - Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 (Copy) Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 A young school girl poses for a portrait outside of her classroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598720563995-9D0VUVJEK1KBG9L4AIN2/28.jpg Shan State - Kheun Sai / Pyidaungsu Institute / Chang Mai / Thailand (Copy) Kheun Sai / Pyidaungsu Institute / Chang Mai / Thailand Kheun Sai poses for a portrait in the library of the Pyidaungsu Institute, a non-profit organization for peace and dialogue. Kheun Sai is the president and founder of the Shan State Herald, the most well-known Shan publication, as well as an RCSS advisor. Kheun Sai fought alongside Khun Sa in the Mong Tai Army, and was in his top leadership. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598720566048-T8HEPYAELIROZDYES18F/29.jpg Shan State - Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 (Copy) Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 A soldier guards his comrades’ weapons as they grab lunch during a Shan National Day parade rehearsal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598721167285-BZ979AED9KLQ91EUM2SB/30.jpg Shan State - Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 (Copy) Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 A gentleman, known as the grandfather of Shan martial arts, poses for a picture on a hill overlooking the Shan National Day Parade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598720567397-YBOXGAA2ZOKGFUEZ5JJM/31-2.jpg Shan State - Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 (Copy) Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 Soldiers in formation during a rehearsal for Shan National Day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598721196326-HKO5YUEQK5RA3Z0OW2N7/32.jpg Shan State - Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 (Copy) Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 Two soldiers pose for a portrait in front of Yawd Serk’s personal residence following a press conference about ceasefire talks with the Burmese government. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598721225938-3CWFUGLGPNXNJ7HWV3C9/33.jpg Shan State - Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 (Copy) Loi Tai Leng / Burma / 2015 A soldier stands guard atop the parade ground. https://www.bryandickie.com/new-gallery-2 daily 0.75 2025-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17829a5e0bf32954b1bf3a/1598731834976-SS7X8F9MGLXGTD65V058/_mg_6703.jpg Pond Inlet Pond Inlet is an Inuit community that is located at the top of Baffin Island and is home to approximately 1,500 people. 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