Wearing traditional attire, ethnic Li-Su people gather attend during a ceremony to mark their traditional new year at the National Race Village Saturday, February 7, 2015, in Yangon, Myanmar. (Photo by Khin Maung Win/AP Photo)

In this January 12, 2015 photo, a novice Buddhist monk and a boy smile as Ta’ang National Liberation army officers walk back to their jungle camps after a celebration in Mar Wong Village, northern Shan state, Myanmar, marking their insurrection more than a half-century ago. The area is controlled by the Ta’ang National Liberation army (TNLA), an ethnic insurgency that claims to have 4,000 troops and is refusing to sign a nationwide ceasefire citing the lack of ethnic minority aspirations in dialogues. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)

In this January 12, 2015 photo, Ta’ang people watch as opium, heroine and methamphetamine pills allegedly confiscated from pro-government militia are set on fire during a ceremony in Mar Wong Village, northern Shan state, Myanmar. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)

In this January 12, 2015 photo, Ta’ang National Liberation army officers display opium, heroin and methamphetamine allegedly confiscated from pro-government militias before setting them alight before cheering crowds in Mar Wong, northern Shan state, Myanmar. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)

In this January 12, 2015 photo, officers with the Ta’ang National Liberation Army gather in the steep hillside jungles in Mar Wong, a village in northern Shan state, Myanmar. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)

In this January 11, 2015 photo, ethnic Ta’ang novice Buddhist monks peep out of a monastery window to watch Ta’ang National Liberation army (TNLA) leaders who gathered in Mar Wong, a village in northern Shan state, Myanmar to celebrate the 52nd anniversary of their insurrection. The area is controlled by the Ta’ang National Liberation army (TNLA), an ethnic insurgency that claims to have 4,000 troops and is refusing to sign a nationwide ceasefire citing the lack of ethnic minority aspirations in dialogues. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)

In this January 12, 2015 photo, female troops of Ta’ang National Liberation army (TNLA) join celebrations in Mar Wong, northern Shan state, Myanmar, marking the anniversary of their ethnic insurrection against successive Myanmar governments. The grievances of the Ta'ang people, said to number at around 500,000, date back to 1963, soon after Gen. Ne Win seized power in a bloody coup and imposed policies that actively promoted the Burman, ethnic majority to position of power. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)

In this January 12, 2015 photo, a female troops of Ta’ang National Liberation army (TNLA) march during a function in Mar Wong, northern Shan state, Myanmar, marking the anniversary of their insurrection from the government just over a half-century ago. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)

In this January 12, 2015 photo, monks take pictures with their mobile phone cameras as a female officer of the Ta’ang National Liberation army (TNLA) prepares breakfast for visiting rebel leaders at Mar Wong Village in northern Shan state, Myanmar, to mark the 52nd anniversary of their insurrection. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)

In this January 12, 2015 photo, a novice Buddhist monk covers his nose and mouth with his robe to protect himself from the smoke of burning narcotics during a ceremony in Mar Wong Village, northern Shan state, Myanmar, held by Ta’ang rebels. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)

In this January 12, 2015 photo, men on motorcycles watch officers of the Ta’ang National Liberation army, who gathered in the steep, mountainside village of Mar Wong in northern Shan state, Myanmar to celebrate the 52nd anniversary of their insurrection against successive governments. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)

In this January 12, 2015 photo, Ta’ang National Liberation army troops march in Mar Wong Village, northern Shan state during a celebration marking the 52nd anniversary of their insurrection against successive Myanmar governments. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)

A boatman collects a bucket of water from the Thanlwin River in a misty morning in Mawlamyine, eastern Mon state, Myanmar Thursday, February 12, 2015. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)

Myanmar female contesters compete during their model physique and fitness physique contest organized by Myanmar bodybuilder Federation at Myanmar Convention Center (MCC) Sunday, February 8, 2015, in Yangon, Myanmar. (Photo by Khin Maung Win/AP Photo)

Myanmar female contesters compete during their model physique and fitness physique contest organized by Myanmar bodybuilder Federation at Myanmar Convention Center (MCC) Sunday, February 8, 2015, in Yangon, Myanmar. (Photo by Khin Maung Win/AP Photo)

Ethnic Li-Su artists dance during a ceremony to mark their traditional new year at the National Race Village Saturday, February 7, 2015, in Yangon, Myanmar. (Photo by Khin Maung Win/AP Photo)

A woman smell tests a piece of Thanakha wood for a customer at the Kyaik-Khauk pagoda festival in Tanlyin township, outside Yangon, February 2, 2015. Thanakha, a traditional cosmetic paste in Myanmar, is made from the wood and usually applied to the face in attractive designs. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)

A man applies Thanakha on his face while selling Thanakha wood at the Kyaik-Khauk pagoda festival in Tanlyin township, outside Yangon, February 2, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)

Women sell Thanakha wood at the Kyaik-Khauk pagoda festival in Tanlyin township, outside Yangon, February 2, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)

A vendor walks past near a toy shop at the Kyaik-Khauk pagoda festival in Tanlyin township, outside Yangon, February 2, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)

Women sell cloth at the Kyaik-Khauk pagoda festival in Tanlyin township, outside Yangon, February 2, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)

A man buys a cap at a shop at the Kyaik-Khauk pagoda festival in Tanlyin township, outside Yangon, February 2, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)

A street tattoo artist and his son wait for customers at the Kyaik-Khauk pagoda festival in the Tanlyin township outside Yangon February 4, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)

A man gets a tattoo at the Kyaik-Khauk pagoda festival in the Tanlyin township outside Yangon February 4, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)

A woman sells fried chicken at the Kyaik-Khauk pagoda festival in the Tanlyin township outside Yangon February 4, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)

People walk near soccer jerseys on sale at the Kyaik-Khauk pagoda festival in Tanlyin township outside Yangon February 4, 2015. Each jersey costs 1000 Kyats ($1). (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)

A man sells toys and toy guns at the Kyaik-Khauk pagoda festival in Tanlyin township outside Yangon February 4, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)

People gather near a bust of independence hero General Aung San, to mark the eve of his 100th birthday anniversary, in his home town Natmauk, Magway division central Myanmar, February 12, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)

People gather near a sculpture of independence hero General Aung San, to mark the eve of his 100th birthday anniversary, in his home town Natmauk, Magway division central Myanmar, February 12, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)

People stand on the Shwesandaw Pagoda as they wait to see the sunset in the ancient city of Bagan February 13, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)

People wait to see the sunset from the top of Shwesandaw Pagoda in the ancient city of Bagan February 13, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)

People wait to see the sunset from the top of Shwesandaw Pagoda in the ancient city of Bagan February 13, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)

Buddhist monks and devotees pay their respects in front of a Mahamuni Buddha statue during a visit by Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Mandalay, the second largest city in Myanmar, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)

Hnin Thaphu Zaw, 14, uses a phone to contact her father, whose car crashed while they fleeing from Laukkai, the capital of Kokang in Shan State, as she arrives at a monastery as made refugee camp in Lashio February 16, 2015. China expressed concern last week about renewed fighting between Myanmar rebels and government forces which forced civilians to cross the border to seek refuge in China. The fighting flared up in the Kokang region of northeast Myanmar's Shan State between rebels from a group called the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) and the army. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)

Fishermen push a boat at Ngwe Saung beach, in western Ayeyarwaddy division, Myanmar, Saturday, February 7, 2015. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)

An ethnic Kayan-Padaung girl in traditional attire awaits for tourists at a souvenir shop in Ywama village, Inle Lake, northeastern Shan state, Myanmar, Monday, February 16, 2015. Wearing neck-rings is officially discouraged in Myanmar but shop owners employ Padang women in traditional attire as a tourist attraction. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)

An ethnic Kayan-Padaung woman in traditional attire weaves at a souvenir shop as others watch in Ywama village, Inle Lake, northeastern Shan state, Myanmar, Monday, February 16, 2015. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)

An ethnic Kayan-Padaung woman in traditional attire weaves at a souvenir shop in Ywama village, Inle Lake, northeastern Shan state, Myanmar, Monday, February 16, 2015. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)