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By RFA Burmese


Feb. 3, 2025

The military coup launched four years ago has brought untold suffering to the people of Myanmar.


The Feb. 1, 2021, power grab by army chief Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing plunged the country into nationwide armed conflict. Torching of villages by junta forces, indiscriminate air strikes and stomach-churning atrocities have become commonplace. The U.N. says civilian deaths spiked 50% in the year up to June 2024.


But the conflict has also wounded the military.


Like Myanmar’s democracy and its economy, the standing of the military – which has long been the nation’s most powerful institution – lies in ruins. By some estimates, it now controls less than half of a country it once dominated with an iron fist.

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