Seeking light in dark times four years after Myanmar coup
Monday, 3 February 2025 () Yangon (AFP) Feb 2, 2025
Yangon resident Aung Ko Gyi browses stalls for a solar power kit he can use to weather the blackouts that have become a constant feature of life in Myanmar four years on from a military coup. "I need power supply to use in night, to use computer for my business and to use for internet connection," the 64-year-old told AFP at the country's biggest annual solar exhibition. Power outages ar
Four years after Myanmar's military seized power in a coup, the country is in the grip of a bloody civil war that has driven many of the country's young across the border to Thailand. There they scrape by doing hard jobs for little pay -- often living in fear of being arrested and sent back to...
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Monday, 3 February 2025 ()
Yangon (AFP) Feb 2, 2025
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