Raising the "Special Ranger Forces" flag. The red, white and blue horizontal stripes mark their karen ethnicity. the red flag with a white star in the center materializes the alliance with the PDF, which unites insurgents from the various peoples of Burma.
Burmese rebels smuggling supplies and medications into Myanmar from Thailand. The border is a trafficking hotspot but also a magnificent environmental sanctuary known for being the place with the largest concentration of wild tigers still alive in the world - now threatened by war.