This event is part pf the 2022 Myanmar Research Centre (MRC) Diagolue Series Since the coup conducted by the Myanmar military on 1 February 2021, the military regime has tried to portray itself as the legitimate government of Myanmar by arguing that it is following the 2008 Constitution.
Myanmar Update 2021: Living with the Pandemic and the Coup
In 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic changed things everywhere. It is still too early to say what the full effects of the pandemic will be on Myanmar. And to further exacerbate this, in February 2021, the Tatmadaw, Myanmar’s Armed forces staged a coup seizing power from the democratically elected and incumbent government, the National League for Democracy. What has followed has seen mass demonstrations on the streets, brutal crackdowns, economic downturn and the redrawing of many long-held boundaries, be it social or political. This year’s update brings together a diverse list of experts who address the many social issues that have emerged from both the pandemic and the coup and their long-term consequences for Myanmar.
Thursday, 15 July, 2021 - 12:30 to Saturday, 17 July, 2021 - 17:10
In 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic changed things everywhere. It is still too early to say what the full effects of the pandemic will be on Myanmar. And to further exacerbate this, in February 2021, the Tatmadaw, Myanmar’s Armed forces staged a coup seizing power from the democratically elected and incumbent government, the National League for Democracy. What has followed has seen mass demonstrations on the streets, brutal crackdowns, economic downturn and the redrawing of many long-held boundaries, be it social or political. This year’s update brings together a diverse list of experts who address the many social issues that have emerged from both the pandemic and the coup and their long term consequences for Myanmar.
After Myanmar military coup, Burmese in California struggle to seize the worldâs attention
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Members of the Burmese American community hold a demonstration outside the Office of the Consulate General of Myanmar in Los Angeles on Saturday, April 24, 2021. Protesters denounced a coup by the military against the elected government of Myanmar, which has been struggling with stability and the reported ethnic cleansing of the country s Muslim minority. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
LOS ANGELES (Tribune News Service) â Banny Hong sighed as he sat at his Burmese restaurant on a recent weekday, recounting the violence that has swept through his homeland since a military coup nearly three months ago. Two portraits of Myanmar s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi decorated the wall before him, flanking a photograph of Yangon, the nation s largest city.