While the people of Kayin State have largely benefited from the decision by three Karen armed groups to sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement in 2015, conflict and religious tension remain a fact of life in the DKBA-controlled Myaing Gyi Ngu region.
A beauty queen’s Buddhist-themed costume at a pageant in Yangon sparked calls for her arrest, reviving old debates about the role of nationalist monks in policing religion and influencing politics in Myanmar.
BY Frontier
