LifeLife in Myanmar's resistance-held areas
Snapshot of Tanintharyi shows how the fragile parallel administration is taking control in strongholds
Monks collect alms from a fighter in the anti-regime People's Defense Force in Tagu, a town in southern Myanmar's Tanintharyi Region. (All photos by Valeria Mongelli)
LORCAN LOVETT, Contributing writer
August 18, 2024 12:00 JST
TANINTHARYI TOWNSHIP, Myanmar -- The fading banner of Aung San Suu Kyi has seen better days. Riddled with bullet holes, it hangs outside the office of Myanmar's National League for Democracy in Le Thit, a half-abandoned village on the banks of the Tanintharyi River in southern Myanmar.