Inside the armed Burmese resistance

In thick jungle, in southern Myanmar, two soldiers cover a freshly dug pit with tree trunks. The floor of the emerging air-raid shelter, which will fit a dozen people, is already covered with rattan mats. Such makeshift defences are dotted about this hideout of Myanmar’s National Unity Government (NUG), whose forces are battling the ruling junta. The camp is the headquarters of the NUG’s Southern Command, one of three command posts established as part of a broad effort to reorganise the scattered Burmese resistance. The Economist spent several days inside NUG-controlled Myanmar assessing its progress.