Frontier Myanmar
By MIKE HAACK | FRONTIER
October 26, 2023
OPINION
OPINION
Demonstrators gather for the Global Protest Revolution Day for Myanmar in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on March 27, 2021. (AFP)
The United States’ biggest piece of Myanmar legislation in decades may soon begin bearing fruit, but the quirks of the US political system are key to understanding what comes next – and how to influence it.
After Kyaw Kyaw Tun* watched the military slaughter his fellow students during the pro-democracy uprising in 1988, he understood nonviolence couldn’t work against the regime. Instead, he thought he could follow the path of independence hero General Aung San – but with a different benefactor.
After Kyaw Kyaw Tun* watched the military slaughter his fellow students during the pro-democracy uprising in 1988, he understood nonviolence couldn’t work against the regime. Instead, he thought he could follow the path of independence hero General Aung San – but with a different benefactor.