Children in Conflict: Thailand's Red Zone

It is subtle at first, carrying out small tasks for their older new-found friends. Then indoctrination increases and before long a new child fighter is born. Not in the darker valleys of the Hindu Kush, but a little-noticed insurgency close to one of the world’s holiday playgrounds.

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