A fighter from the DKBF, a Karen ethnic armed group, prepares to go out on an operation while behind People's Defence Force (PDF) soldiers go about their daily routines at a PDF camp in an undisclosed...

Arkar (right), a former chef at the Novotel Hotel in Yangon and now a People's Defence Force soldier, listens to a briefing before an operation with other PDF soldiers (left) and fighters from the DKB...

Soldiers from the DKBF, a Karen ethnic armed group, wake at dawn in their hammocks arranged in a defensive perimeter around the People's Defense Force (PDF) camp where they are staying in an undisclos...

Members of the DKBF, a Karen ethnic armed group, keep a lookout as their travel in the back of a pickup truck near the frontlines with the Myanmar Army in an undisclosed location in Karen State.

Min Thar (right), a former banquets and events worker at the Lotte Hotel in Yangon who joined the People's Defence Force (PDF), patrols with other PDF soldiers on the frontline close to Myanmar Army p...

Soldiers from the DKBF, a Karen ethnic armed group, rest and setup their hammocks in a defensive perimeter around the People's Defense Force (PDF) camp where they are staying in an undisclosed locatio...

Min Thar, a former banquets and events worker at the Lotte Hotel in Yangon who joined the People's Defence Force (PDF), patrols with other PDF soldiers on the frontline close to Myanmar Army positions...

Min Thar (front), a former banquets and events worker at the Lotte Hotel in Yangon who joined the People's Defence Force (PDF), patrols with other PDF soldiers on the frontline close to Myanmar Army p...

Min Thar (front), a former banquets and events worker at the Lotte Hotel in Yangon who joined the People's Defence Force (PDF), patrols with other PDF soldiers on the frontline close to Myanmar Army p...

Jolie (front), a former marketing executive, and Ko Thant (behind), who defected from the Myanmar Army, both of whom joined the People's Defence Force (PDF), walk through their PDF camp in an undisclo...

The remnants of a rocket casing lying on an agricultural field.

Min Thar (left), a former banquets and events worker at the Lotte Hotel in Yangon who joined the People's Defence Force (PDF), patrols with other PDF soldiers on the frontline close to Myanmar Army po...

A wrecked tank beside destroyed buildings.

Min Thar, a former banquets and events worker at the Lotte Hotel in Yangon who joined the People's Defence Force (PDF), patrols with other PDF soldiers on the frontline close to Myanmar Army positions...

A cyclist passes a tank that was destroyed in fighting in Hostemel in March.