Three years since a military coup ousted Myanmar’s democratically elected government on February 1, 2021, a brutal civil war has left the country devastated. In December, a United Nations report on Myanmar’s humanitarian needs said the country “stands at the precipice [of] a deepening humanitarian crisis”, with a third of the
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Understanding military coup in Myanmar, two years later
Last month marked the second anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar that resulted in the country's devastating civil war, with the military arresting more than 20,000 anti-coup protestors, killing more than 3,000, and burning 55,000 houses and buildings. Meanwhile, Myanmar’s GDP plummeted from an average 6% growth rate during
NSU holds seminar on Myanmar peace
North South University in cooperation with the Center for Peace Studies (CPS) of the South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance held a seminar on ‘Restoring Peace in Myanmar: Two Years after the Military Coup’ at the Syndicate Hall of NSU, a press release said Tuesday. The seminar was moderated by