YANGON, Myanmar – The man speaking on his iPhone with the slick black suit and the shiny brown shoes could easily be mistaken for just another young entrepreneur eating breakfast at the Hotel Yangon.
But Sao Yawd Murng is a rebel fighter, not a capitalist. The language he is speaking on the phone is his native Shan and most days he is not in a suit but the deep-green military uniform of the Shan State Army emblazoned with the red, green and yellow of the Shan national flag.
























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