A militantgrouplinkedtothenation's RohingyaMuslimsattackedgovernmentforcesin 2016 and 2017, andthemilitaryrespondedbycrackingdownonRohingyas, causinghundredsofthousandsofcivilianstofleetoneighboringBangladesh.
FormanyinMyanmar, themilitary's shockingpowerplayis a traumaticreminderofwhatupuntil 2015 hadbeenmorethan a halfcenturyofmilitarydictatorshipwhereanypublicdissentwasbrutallycrushed.
Duringmilitaryrule, SuuKyibecameaninternationalsymbolofMyanmar's pro-democracymovement, winning a NobelPeacePrizewhileunderhousearrestinYangonforsome 15 years.
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