BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 11:40:00
Much of myanmar is off—limits to visitors these days, but the military government did allow us to come here to inle lake, in shan state — in normal times, one of the country's most popular destinations. it's very quiet now. interviewing people directly is risky. you can be arrested for saying anything deemed negative. but the boatmen we met told us times have never been harder. "we never dreamt it would get this bad," they said. "we used to have freedom, then it ended so suddenly." well, we've been to several places along the lake and so far, i've seen only three other foreigners. for an a...