What has happened in Myanmar?

 The armed forces of Myanmar instigated a coup on the early morning of February 1st.

Originally, the representatives who had been elected democratically in the national election in November should have been invited to the Diet on this day, but the Military prevented it.


They claimed that this election was fraudulent, and restrained the members of NLD including Aung San Suu Kyi.

The National League for Democracy is the ruling party in Myanmar, and Aung San Suu Kyi is the leader of NLD and the current head of government actually.

It was such a sudden incident that nobody could have predicted the coup.




We should know about the complicated situations around there both geographically and historically to understand what has happened in Myanmar.


Myanmar is located around three big countries, China, India, and Thailand, and they had invaded this area, or meddled politically.

There were many nations established by ethnic groups, like Barmar, Shan, and Mon in the Middle Ages.

Each country had competed until the UK ruled this area in the 19th century. 



People followed the Independent Movement, and their leader was Aung San, the father of Aung San Suu Kyi.





They gained Independence in 1948.

However the military had instigated a coup and seized control from 1968 until 2011.

People have continued to follow the Democratic Movement, and Aung San Suu Kyi played a vital role in Myanmar's transition from military junta to democracy.

She has been house arrested even though she got the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, 



Myanmar started to govern democratically step by step since 2011, because NLD won the election.

However the military has continued to have power because of the ethnic conflicts occurring in the country.


Aung San Suu Kyi has been criticized by international society because she didn’t take any action against the genocide of the Rohingya people in Rakhine State in these several years. 

That’s why the military denied the election of last year.

But it is clear that people of Myanmar hate the military government because they have suffered for over 50 years.

People don’t want to return to the military junta, and they are uprising against the military without violence even though they have the possibility of being killed.

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