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Dec 2023

52m 56s

Living with the Myanmar Rebels

About this episode

Today we speak to journalist Daphne Wesdorp about her time staying with the Myanmar rebels deep in the jungles of Karen state. She saw how they live, how they fight, and how they stay motivated to contiune their struggle against the military junta despite being ignored by the world.

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