The 2022 U.N. Security Council resolution has not become the hoped-for on-ramp to stronger action, but rather the feeble peak of council activity on a country in harrowing crisis.
Russia is a major supporter and arms supplier of Myanmar’s military government, which seized power and ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021.
Ko Toot, an IT professional based out of Myanmar, has turned his anger and skills into a potent weapon against the ruling military junta: a mobile game. The game, originally launched as 'The PDF Game' in early 2022, has become an unexpected fundraising and awareness-raising tool for the anti-military resistance known as the People's Defence Forces (PDF).
The city in northwestern Myanmar was one of the first to see anti-coup protests – and also among the first to see pitched battles between resistance fighters and the military.