The Guardian
Guardian reporter in Bangkok
A protest against Myanmar dictator Min Aung Hlaing in Yangon in February. He has cracked down on dissent and ordered the arrest of dozens of journalists. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
As a cyclone rolled over the Bay of Bengal on 24 May, American journalist Danny Fenster, 37, contemplated the brooding skies near a terminal window at Yangon international airport.
For a while, the threat of foreigners being seized at the airport by Myanmar’s military was real, but after watching international reporters exit the country safely in April, the Michigan native was more worried about turbulence.