Yangon Circular Train News Today

Staff Writer Eugenio Corrias provides personal insight into Operation 1027 in Myanmar and the future of democracy in the nation.

news Myanmar railway workers stay defiant even after junta evicts them from homes Railway workers protest to demand the release of detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon on February 19, 2021. Photo: AFP When Myanmar railway switch operator Ko Thet, 34, and his family were evicted on March 22 from the home they had lived in for generations, they did not have time to pack much. The family of six took "only our essentials: clothes, some pots, and bowls", he said. They were among the ...