Despite some striking similarities, there are crucial differences between the current uprising against military rule and the anti-regime resistance of the 1980s and ’90s.
Minn Latt Yekhaun, a.k.a. Min Latt Ye Khaung was a Burmese linguist who was one of the first three Burmese students to study in Prague during the 1950s. He was an influential activist and student leader during 1947-48.
The current regime faces an unprecedented war in the Burmese homeland and its ruinous policies must be testing the patience of its crony financial backers.