Myanmar's conflict tops 100,000 dead as junta benefits from world's inattention

NPR | By Michael Sullivan

Published August 5, 2026 at 3:22 PM CDT

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A 2021 military coup plunged Myanmar into a brutal civil war, ousting Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government. For years, the world isolated the junta. That isolation is breaking down.

Myanmar's conflict tops 100,000 dead as junta benefits from world's inattention

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