CNA Correspondent Podcast: Is Myanmar's resistance movement making strides?
Resistance groups in Myanmar have wrested part of the country away from the military. What does this mean for the military government?
Myanmar has been under military rule since a coup nearly three years ago. But on Oct 27, 2023, resistance and ethnic armed groups came together to launch an offensive against the military.
CNA’s Leong Wai Kit tells Teresa Tang how they have made progress and where the country is headed from here.
Right now, every stakeholder, ethnic armed groups, the civilians ... they all have their own goals. The overlap in the centre of this venn diagram is (that) they want to get rid of the dictatorship. But essentially, they all want different things.
Jump to these key moments:
- 1:15 Who are the resistance forces?
- 5:14 Low morale among soldiers in military
- 10:02 Where is Aung San Suu Kyi?
- 12.42 A political vacuum if the military leadership falters
- 17:46 The China factor
- 21:34 What's next for Myanmar?
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Source: CNA/cr
