For some 60 years, Myanmar has been in a state of perpetual civil war, with multiple ethnic armed groups killing and maiming unknown thousands of soldiers. With military casualties a closely guarded secret, wounded veterans were kept largely out of public view. Now, amid rapid economic and social reforms that began in 2011, the cost of years of fighting is slowly being revealed. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun SEARCH "SOE VETERANS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Matching text MYANMAR-MILITARY/CASUALTIES