日常生活 單幅 第一名

Julius Schrank

德國,De Volkskrant

在緬甸北部克欽邦首府賴扎市,克欽獨立軍的士兵們在一位指揮官的喪禮上飲酒歌唱。這座城市曾遭受緬甸軍隊圍攻。在曾經統治緬甸長達40年的軍政府逐步放寬管制,邁向民主改革之後,一些少數民族開始武裝起義,這群克欽反叛軍就是其中一股勢力。其實在緬甸於1948年重新宣布獨立後不久,克欽邦即被劃為半自治區。1960年代,克欽邦發起反對緬甸中央政府的武裝暴動,並要求更高的自治。經過斡旋後雙方於1994年簽署停火協議,但克欽獨立軍拒絕完全放棄武裝,並堅持在叢林中保有部分基地。雙方在2011年再度發生衝突。


1st prize Daily Life Singles

Julius Schrank

Germany, for De Volkskrant

Soldiers of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) drink and sing together at a funeral for one of their commanders, in the city of Laiza, in Kachin State, northern Burma (Myanmar). The city was under siege by the Burmese military. The Kachin rebellion was one of a number of ethnic uprisings that surfaced after the military junta, which had ruled the country for more than 40 years, began to ease its grip and make moves towards democracy. Kachin State had been given semi-autonomous status soon after Burma regained its independence in 1948. In the 1960s the Kachin launched an insurgency against the central government of Myanmar, demanding greaterautonomy. A ceasefire was brokered in 1994, but the KIA refused to give up arms entirely, and maintained some bases in the jungle. Conflict broke out again in 2011.