The revolution in Myanmar, Thailand will be digitized
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Taking inspiration from the protest movements first in Hong Kong, then in Taiwan and neighboring Thailand, youth activists in Myanmar have been inspired to join the digital #MilkTeaAlliance online campaign that is uniting pro-democracy protestors across Asia.
Following the military-led coup in Myanmar on February 1 – immediately after the democratically-held national elections – protestors quickly took to the streets and to cyberspace, calling for the ouster of the military junta that had deposed and detained incumbent president Aung San Suu Kyi along with other members of the NLD ruling government that had won the elections.