Teen fighter pauses near Myawaddy to talk of decision to join rebels

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Teen fighter pauses near Myawaddy to talk of decision to join rebels

With braided hair, pink plastic clogs and a wide grin, 18-year-old Moe Pyae Sone stands straight before a camera and tells of her decision to leave her family, her school and her village. “I am from northern Shan state and I’ve come to Kayin state for the revolution,” she says to Radio Free Asia. Moe Pyae Sone pauses for a moment at an internally displaced people’s camp just south of Myawaddy, where ethnic rebels recently overran military junta …