[Episcopal News Service] It might seem far-fetched for an Episcopal priest from Little Rock, Arkansas, to be working on an interfaith prayer house in Mongolia,
Future unclear in Suu Kyi country: Do generals have a post-coup plan?
Published Feb 4, 2021, 7:33 am IST
Updated Feb 4, 2021, 7:33 am IST
Like all those who stage coups, the Tatmadaw says it will hold a free and fair general election after the emergency ends
A convoy of army vehicles patrol the streets in Mandalay, Myanmar, Wednesday, February 3, 2021. (AP)
The pre-dawn coup in Myanmar on Monday recalls the worldwide outrage that Singapore’s patriarch Lee Kuan Yew caused in 1996 by questioning Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s ability “to govern if ever she came to power”. He said he had told the Americans, who were pressing for democracy to be restored, that they should be around to pick up the broken pieces if the experiment collapsed.