Tatmadaw (Myanmar)
Fighting a Brutal Regime With the Help of a Video Game
U Sein Lin, a retired history teacher in Myanmar, had never played a video game in his life. But about a month ago, while scrolling through Facebook, he stumbled on War of Heroes — The PDF Game. He has been playing it nearly nonstop ever since. For Mr. Sein Lin, 72, killing virtual Myanmar troops […]
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Stay or Go? For Myanmar’s Latest Wave of Refugees, There’s No Good Choice.
He was already preparing to leave when the gunfire erupted without warning. The soldiers were shooting at civilians and burning down homes, again. In a panic, Biak Tling stuffed two days’ worth of clothes into a backpack and fled. He covered 220 miles over two days on his motorbike, eventually making his way across a […]
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In Myanmar, a Notable Burmese Family Quietly Equipped a Brutal Military
Ultimately, the story of the Kyaw Thaungs parallels that of Myanmar: a country of vast potential foiled by a ruthless military and the families willing to compromise themselves in pursuit of its riches. The Kyaw Thaungs capitalized on their family ties to secure lucrative contracts supplying the military with European aircraft and a French coastal […]
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