Myanmar’s junta chief vowed Friday to strike back after an alliance of ethnic minority groups seized towns and blocked trade routes to China in the biggest coordinated offensive against the military since it seized power in a coup.
Myanmar’s junta chief vowed Friday to strike back after an alliance of ethnic minority groups seized towns and blocked trade routes to China in the biggest coordinated offensive against the military since it seized power in a coup.
I mean, they could just stop throwing the civilian govt out every few years, that might work too.
It’s actually been under military control more than civilian control. If you look at the timeline, the civilian government was only in for about 10 years.
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/myanmar-history-coup-military-rule-ethnic-conflict-rohingya
British colonial rule until 1948.
Parliamentary democracy until 1962.
Military coup.
Military Junta #1 until 1988.
Military Junta #2 until 2011.
Military-dominated civilian parliament until 2015.
First nationwide, multiparty elections.
Aung San Suu Kyi and NLD party elected.
2021 - Military coup.