THE SALWEEN RIVER, Myanmar/Thai border (Reuters) - From the ice fields of the Himalayas to the azure waters of the Andaman Sea, the Salween flows undisturbed through some of the most outwardly tranquil territory on earth.
But the 2,800 km-long river, southeast Asia's longest undammed waterway, is fast becoming a front line in one of the world's longest-running conflicts -- the war between Myanmar's military junta and the region's ethnic Karen people.
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