Saturday, June 23, 2012

Burma - Myanmar

Burma - Myanmar
Burma - Myanmar
Burma is a very, very fucked up nation to this day. Ruled by a brutal military junta, the repressions heaped on its people are huge — which might explain why there are so many separatist movements: everyone wants to get out. There are at least 12 known separatist movements within the country, usually based around a tribal or ethnic group. There’s the Arakan, Chin people, Kachin, Karen people, Karenni, Kuki people, Mon, Nagaland, Rohingya people, Shan, Va people, and Zomi. Maybe if the country ever went properly democratic, these people wouldn’t feel so disenfranchised and eager to lea

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