World Stories: Fighting for Pao Culture in Burma

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🗓️ 21 August 2009

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Ko Ko Aung from the BBC's Burmese Service, travelled to Burma to find out why a rebel army of 100 men is taking on the 400,000 strong Burmese army.

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0:00.0	Thank you for downloading from the BBC.
0:04.0	The details of our complete range of podcasts and our terms of use go to
0:08.0	BBCWorldService.com slash podcasts.
0:12.0	And now world stories. Coco Ong of the BBC's Burmese service
0:18.0	seeks out a rebel soldier from a minority ethnic group who is taking on the
0:22.0	might of the Burmese Army.
0:27.0	I'm in search of an allusive rebel leader.
0:32.0	This is the Thai bomber border and I'm looking for a man called
0:37.0	Garnal Kunture.
0:39.0	He leads a group of rebel soldiers who have taken up arms against
0:44.0	the Burmese government.
0:46.0	He has 100 men and the Burmese army numbers some 400,000.
0:54.0	This is one of Garnal Kunture's outposts.
0:58.0	You carry and I'm 16.
1:02.0	Is it loaded?
1:06.0	Right, so it was armed and loaded.
1:10.0	He just is armed right in front of me.
1:12.0	Thank you for that.
1:14.0	I feel safe now.
1:15.0	My name is Coco Ong.
1:17.0	I work for the Burmese section of the BBC World Service.
1:21.0	I'm interested in groups like Kuntureans because his is one of the very few
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