The Documentary Podcast
Assignment: Myanmar - Rise of the resistance
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May 28, 2024
27 minutes
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Myanmar is in the grip of a country-wide insurgency as armed resistance groups, including many young people from the cities, attempt to overthrow a military regime which seized power in a coup three years ago. As much as two thirds of Myanmar, mostly the countryside, may now be under the control of the resistance. Access is extremely difficult, hundreds of journalists have been jailed, but our correspondent Quentin Sommerville has managed to travel to Karenni and Shan states – in the east of the Myanmar - with young revolutionaries. Some have taken up arms, but others - doctors and teachers - are supporting the insurgency with skills of their own.
Presenter: Quentin Sommerville
Producer: Lindle Markwell
Editor: Penny Murphy
Sound Engineer: Andy Fell
Production Coordinator: Gemma Ashman
image: KNDF graduates in Myanmar. Credit: BBC