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Myanmar's forgotten coup morphing into civil war Thousands of civilians, including children, have fled to remote areas to escape the violence Demonstrators on motorcycles gesture during a protest against the military coup in Mandalay At first, the hotch-potch militia of Myanmar's forgotten youth scored unlikely success against Myanmar's powerful military junta, raiding convoys and killing several soldiers with rifles and homemade grenades. But the self-declared Chinland Defence Force, one of a handful new guerilla forces to rise from the ashes of this year's coup, were soon forced to flee int...

Myanmar generals failed to reckon with rage and social media savvy of Gen Z protesters The younger generation is leading the fight against the military's attempts to roll back democratic freedoms The younger generation are driving the mass protests  Credit: AP Myanmar’s Generation Z came of age as the Southeast Asian nation tentatively embraced democratic reforms after half a century of crippling international isolation under an oppressive military junta.  Now the younger generation - aged 24 and below, and who have grown up with more freedom, prosperity and access to technology – are d...