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An SSA-S soldier walks to nearby Leng Harn Tai buddhist monastery in Shan State, Myanmar. February 2015.



The Shan State II

Year: 2015
Location: Loi Tai Leng, Shan State, Myanmar
Camera / Format:  Canon 5D mark III


















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.
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.





Shan State Army-South (SSA-S) Lieutenant General
and current Restauration Council of Shan State (RCSS) chairman Yawd Serk

















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.
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.



















































Shan State Army - South soldiers hold up flowers during a concert celebrating Shan National Day
at army headquarters in Loi Tai Leng, Myanmar.