‘Ready to fight’: Mon on the march

The Mon resistance has entered the post-coup conflict but still has a long way to go to replicate the success of other groups, starting with forging unity in a fractured landscape.

By ANDREW NACHEMSON | FRONTIER

Headlight beams slashed through the dark as a caravan of barely functional motorbikes whined and sputtered up a dirt road carved into the side of a mountain. 

I clung tightly to the rear grab bars of one of the motorbikes as my driver swerved to avoid trees suddenly leaping into focus, at times careening dangerously close to the abyss gaping beyond the edge of the road.