Views from Myanmar: Burmese students share their Spring Revolution experiences
Karl Aung Zin, a Burmese student, has participated in several anti-coup protests in Myanmar. (Photo Courtesy of Karl Aung Zin) Su Lei Waddy, a student in Myanmar taking a full-time course load, used to attend her classes synchronously from Myanmar. Every day, she would log into Zoom at around 1:30 to 8:30 a.m. Rangoon time. “I would participate in all class discussions live, and I was getting good at [being nocturnal],” said Waddy, a junior majoring in accounting and business administration. Then the coup escalated. On Feb. 1, Myanmar’s government was overtaken by the Burmese military...