KAYAH STATE, Myanmar, March 20, 2023 (AFP): At a makeshift camp for Myanmar's displaced people, two young men hack away at the red earth with a hoe and machete to build a bunker before the next junta shelling or air raid.
Kayah state, near the Thai border, has become a flashpoint of armed resistance to the military's coup, with "People's Defence Forces" clashing regularly with junta troops.
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