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The Army of Poets and Students Fighting a Forgotten War
Manage episode 425840519 series 2464257
Warning: this episode contains descriptions of injuries.
Myanmar is home to one of the deadliest, most intractable civil wars on the planet. But something new is happening. Unusual numbers of young people from the cities, including students, poets and baristas, have joined the country’s rebel militias. And this coalition is making startling gains against the country’s military dictatorship.
Hannah Beech, who covers stories across Asia for The Times, discusses this surprising resistance movement.
Guest: Hannah Beech, a Bangkok-based reporter for The New York Times, focusing on investigative and in-depth stories in Asia.
Background reading:
- Rebel fighters have handed Myanmar’s army defeat after defeat, for the first time raising the possibility that the military junta could be at risk of collapse.
- What’s happening in Myanmar’s civil war?
For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
2001 episodes
Manage episode 425840519 series 2464257
Warning: this episode contains descriptions of injuries.
Myanmar is home to one of the deadliest, most intractable civil wars on the planet. But something new is happening. Unusual numbers of young people from the cities, including students, poets and baristas, have joined the country’s rebel militias. And this coalition is making startling gains against the country’s military dictatorship.
Hannah Beech, who covers stories across Asia for The Times, discusses this surprising resistance movement.
Guest: Hannah Beech, a Bangkok-based reporter for The New York Times, focusing on investigative and in-depth stories in Asia.
Background reading:
- Rebel fighters have handed Myanmar’s army defeat after defeat, for the first time raising the possibility that the military junta could be at risk of collapse.
- What’s happening in Myanmar’s civil war?
For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
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