Myanmar
Early 2023 and late 2024 I embedded with anti-junta rebels in Eastern Myanmar. Myanmar suffers from the longest-running civil war in the world — a complex, brutal conflict between the military regime and dozens of ethnic armed groups. Over the course of several trips, I witnessed how rebel factions survive and are killed in the remote jungle, how civilians are displaced by relentless airstrikes, and how local communities struggle to build alternative forms of governance amid state collapse.
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"With Love, from Myanmar" – Popular Front Magazine, Issue 02
A report on the situation in Myanmar, focusing on a couple working together as medics on the frontline in Karenni State. Published in the second issue of Popular Front Magazine. Read the full article."The Rebel Drone Maker of Myanmar" – Wired
A report on the underground network of drone makers in Myanmar, focusing on a local engineer who creates drones for resistance groups amid the ongoing conflict. Published on Wired. Read the full article."In Rebel-Controlled Myanmar, This Last Hospital Struggles to Survive" – Nederlands Dagblad
A report on the challenges faced by the last operating hospital in rebel-controlled areas of Myanmar, as it fights to survive amid ongoing conflict. Published in Nederlands Dagblad. Read the full article."Hekawmu, 7, Fled His Home in Myanmar and Now Lives in the Jungle" – Nederlands Dagblad
A poignant report about 7-year-old Hekawmu, who fled his home in Myanmar and now lives in the jungle, displaced by the ongoing conflict. Published in Nederlands Dagblad. Read the full article."These Young Medics Were High School Sweethearts and Now Work Together on the Frontline in Myanmar" – Nederlands Dagblad
The story about YoYo and KoThai, both in their twenties, who were high school sweethearts and now work side by side as medics on the frontline in Myanmar’s ongoing conflict. Published in Nederlands Dagblad.
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"Young People in Myanmar Long for Peace: 'Sometimes I Think the War Will Never End'" – Nederlands Dagblad
A report on the youth in Myanmar and their longing for peace amid the ongoing conflict, as some fear the war may never end. Published in Nederlands Dagblad. Read the full article.Worked for Church in Action at the Mae Tao Clinic and in Karen State
Focused on documenting disadvantaged youth, their projects, and the refugee community that has lived for decades on both sides of the border.
