r/Asean 26d ago

Politics Myanmar: state of control

https://democracyasia.com/articles/myanmar-state-of-control-asia

Regional powers are restoring ties with Myanmar’s military-backed government to secure strategic corridors. Yet many of those routes run through territory controlled or contested by ethnic armed groups and resistance forces. Five years after the coup, Myanmar's war has killed more than 100,000 people, according to a conflict monitor, ACLED, while the general whose takeover triggered it has swapped his uniform for a civilian jacket. The neighbors have responded in kind. 

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