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Military violence in Myanmar is worsening amid fierce resistance and international ambivalence

  • Written by Tharaphi Than, Associate Professor of World Cultures and Languages, Northern Illinois University
Military violence in Myanmar is worsening amid fierce resistance and international ambivalenceA village elder stands outside a school destroyed by aircraft fire in Shan State.Mai Thomas/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

In the early days of a brutal 2021 military crackdown on anti-coup protesters in Myanmar, members of the nascent resistance movement began asking “how many dead bodies” it would take for the world...

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