https://www.scmp.com/rss/515443/feed Tharaphi Than is an associate professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at Northern Illinois University. Her first book, Women in Modern Burma, covers the political and social history of women in Myanmar. She is currently working on two manuscripts: feminism in Myanmar and the cultural production of dissent. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com In the early days of a brutal 2021 military crackdown on anti-coup protesters in Myanmar, members of the nascent resistance movement began asking “how many dead bodies” it would take for the world community to act. More than two years on from a coup that installed military rule in the Southeast Asian country, pro-democracy protesters say they have yet to receive an adequate answer. On April 11, 2023, the country’s armed forces dropped multiple bombs on a gathering in Pazigyi, a village in... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3217303/myanmar-bloodshed-grows-ukraine-war-shifts-worlds-attention?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3217303/myanmar-bloodshed-grows-ukraine-war-shifts-worlds-attention?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 17 Apr 2023 23:00:16 +0000