Myanmar’s ethnic Kachin rebels hold cease fire talks with government

Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Guan Maw, center, of Kachin Independence Army and representatives arrive to attend their cease fire talks with Myanmar government in Myitkyina, Kachin state Tuesday, May 28, 2013. Myanmar’s government has launched a fresh round of peace talks with ethnic Kachin rebels, seeking to end a major armed conflict that has recently been overshadowed by strife between Buddhists and Muslims in other parts of the country.

A boy holds a miniature flag of Kachin Independent Army at their Kachin Baptist Convention refugee camp in Myitkyina, Kachin state Tuesday, May 28, 2013. <AP Photo/Zin Chit Aung>