![An SSA-S soldier walks to nearby Leng Harn Tai buddhist monastery in Shan State, Myanmar. February 2015.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8517c6e698a20b38b95cf14d528cd30994d817f3d25034f0deb93a9fef568269/shanstateBW-31a.jpg)
The Shan State II
Year: 2015
Location: Loi Tai Leng, Shan State, Myanmar
Camera / Format: Canon 5D mark III
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![A teenage Shan State Army-South soldier in Loi Tai Leng, on February 8, 2015. Despite having signed a memorandum with Abolish Slavery and the International Operations Centre for Children (IOCC) in 2009, the SSA-S remains one of the ethnic minority rebel forces on the UN’s list of “persistent perpetrators” of underaged conscription in Burma. In a 2002 report, Human Rights Watch stated that “Burma is believed to have more child soldiers than any other country in the world”, a problem that persist to this day. Since 2012, the Tatmadaw Kyi have implemented a UN-backed action plan to prevent the use of children in the Myanmar Armed Forces, but recruitment remains to be criminalized.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d0170ad8f98e67799f3502b4fe215237e1e6d117b273640dc2753b722b7fe0da/shanstateBW-37.jpg)
A teenage Shan State Army-South soldier in Loi Tai Leng, on February 8, 2015. Despite having signed a memorandum with Abolish Slavery and the International Operations Centre for Children (IOCC) in 2009, the SSA-S remains one of the ethnic minority rebel forces on the UN’s list of “persistent perpetrators” of underaged conscription in Burma. In a 2002 report, Human Rights Watch stated that “Burma is believed to have more child soldiers than any other country in the world”, a problem that persist to this day. Since 2012, the Tatmadaw Kyi have implemented a UN-backed action plan to prevent the use of children in the Myanmar Armed Forces, but recruitment remains to be criminalized.
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Shan State Army-South (SSA-S) Lieutenant General
and current Restauration Council of Shan State (RCSS) chairman Yawd Serk
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![A Shan State Army - South soldier recovers from a bullet wound sustained while fighting Tatmadaw government forces in a hospital near Loi Tai Leng, Burma on February 8, 2015.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0b49a6a98cd69f6d0e0ca74dce77af5d0e80066d5ee922d30a80db02c95bdbd6/shanstateBW-40.jpg)
A Shan State Army - South soldier recovers from a bullet wound sustained while fighting Tatmadaw government forces
in a hospital near Loi Tai Leng, Burma on February 8, 2015.
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Shan State Army - South soldiers hold up flowers during a concert celebrating Shan National Day
at army headquarters in Loi Tai Leng, Myanmar.
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