‘I Will Die Protecting My Country’: In Myanmar, a New Resistance Rises (Published 2021)
As the nation’s military kills, assaults and terrorizes unarmed civilians each day, some protesters say there is no choice but to fight the army on its own terms.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/24/world/asia/myanmar-coup-resistance-protests.html
Most days in the concrete conflict zones of Yangon, Ko Soe Win Naing, a 26-year-old sailor, prepares for war: a GoPro camera affixed to his helmet, a balaclava over his head, vials of tear gas in his vest pockets, a sheathed sword on his back and a gas mask at the ready. His weapon of choice is a firework fashioned into a sort of grenade.