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Myanmar coup: Thousands of Burmese flee to Thailand after intense fighting
Myanmar, also known as Burma until 1989, is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia with a population of 54 million. The majority of the population is Buddhists but there are Muslims like the Rohingya people, who have suffered genocide and forced displacement by the military since 2017, many of whom fled to neighboring Bangladesh. On February 1, 2021, the military regime took control of the country from a democratically elected government by coup. It led to continuous ongoing widespread protests in Myanmar and has been marked by violent political repression by the military, as well as a larger outbreak of the civil war. Since then, the nation’s political, economic, and humanitarian crisis has only grown direr, with reports indicating nearly 3,000 killed, nearly 17,000 detained, and more than 1.5 million displaced. People in various regional and ethnic groups formed armed forces and have been fighting with the military intensively around the country. It’s a civil war. Recently, as fighting between the military and militias intensifies, thousands of Burmese people fled to Thailand looking for shelter. Indeed, there are already many Burmese refugees who had crossed the border and settled in Northern Thailand. Since its independence in 1948, Myanmar has had a very short and limited democracy. When will the Burmese people be able to enjoy peace?
Read the article and learn about this ongoing crisis in Myanmar.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-65210336
Myanmar coup: Thousands of Burmese flee to Thailand after intense fighting
Myanmar, also known as Burma until 1989, is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia with a population of 54 million. The majority of the population is Buddhists but there are Muslims like the Rohingya people, who have suffered genocide and forced displacement by the military since 2017, many of whom fled to neighboring Bangladesh. On February 1, 2021, the military regime took control of the country from a democratically elected government by coup. It led to continuous ongoing widespread protests in Myanmar and has been marked by violent political repression by the military, as well as a larger outbreak of the civil war. Since then, the nation’s political, economic, and humanitarian crisis has only grown direr, with reports indicating nearly 3,000 killed, nearly 17,000 detained, and more than 1.5 million displaced. People in various regional and ethnic groups formed armed forces and have been fighting with the military intensively around the country. It’s a civil war. Recently, as fighting between the military and militias intensifies, thousands of Burmese people fled to Thailand looking for shelter. Indeed, there are already many Burmese refugees who had crossed the border and settled in Northern Thailand. Since its independence in 1948, Myanmar has had a very short and limited democracy. When will the Burmese people be able to enjoy peace?
Read the article and learn about this ongoing crisis in Myanmar.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-65210336
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