Laurel Chor is an Emmy-nominated journalist, photographer, and documentary filmmaker from Hong Kong. She covers a planet in crisis, focusing on conflict and climate change.
0:00 /0:28 1× From this vantage point in an area held by the resistance in Karen State, southern Myanmar, one can see how the frontline extends not far from the Thai border. Here the military junta and armed resistance groups are fighting to control territory. Right now, the
0:00 /0:18 1× During the rainy season in Myanmar, the fighting between the junta and the resistance movement slows down considerably, with the junta unable to conduct as many air strikes as it can during the dry season. This clip shows what heavy rain looks like from inside
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The young fighters from the Garuda column don’t have many resources. They train in flip flops in dirt fields. As resistance groups fight for territory against the military junta, many battles take place in villages — taking house by house. To simulate these settings, resistance fighters train in makeshift bamboo
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I've recently returned from a week of embedding with an armed resistance group that has been fighting the military junta since it took power in a coup in 2021. My crew and I were able to see how young resistance fighters have managed to take and control territory