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The code of etiquette in Myanmar, or the code of social behavior that governs human interactions, is largely derived from Theravada Buddhism. [ 1 ] and focuses on the core values of this religion. Like many social cultures, etiquette varies greatly depending on one's status relative to the person in question.
In Myanmar's biggest city Yangon, 28-year-old protester "Spidey Htoo" is suiting up.His name is a pseudonym, his costume - another way to conceal his identity.And he needs to do that, he says ...
The protests continued to grow through August of that year, and on 8 August 1988 (8-8-88), a general strike began from which the uprising would later take its name. [ 5 ] The protests culminated in the 1990 general election , in which Aung San Suu Kyi 's opposition party the National League for Democracy won 392 of 492 available seats. [ 6 ]
A nationwide strike marked the one-year anniversary Tuesday of the army's seizure of power in Myanmar, as protests and sporadic violence across the country renewed concern over the ongoing ...
Protests, strikes and a civil disobedience campaign have crippled businesses and the bureaucracy in an overwhelming public rejection of the return of military rule. Myanmar marks 100 days of junta ...
The protest camp was rebuilt and protests continued. On 31 March a villager was shot in the head and killed by security forces in Natchaung , while four police officers were captured by insurrectionists in Kalay the same day, allegedly attempting to scout the protesters' positions. [ 4 ]
The gesture was revived by protesters in the 2020–2021 Thai political crisis. [5] In response to the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, a group of about 200 Burmese expatriates and some Thai pro-democracy activists protested the coup at the Burmese embassy on Sathon Nuea Road in Bangkok with some protesters reportedly showing the three-finger salute. [6]
Min Aung Hlaing studied law at Myanmar's Yangon University in the 1970s, but steered clear of the political activism and anti-military protests that were widespread at the time to instead focus on ...