Asian_Geographic_Issue_4_2017

right Karen National
Liberation Army members
give thanks to God before
lunch at their camp near
the Thai border
above A Kachin woman
prays at a Christian church
in Laiza. The Kachin are
one of the several Christian
minorities

top A Rohingya child outside
one of the many tents in the
refugee camps in Sittwe

“Nobody expected the democratisation

process of Myanmar to be without

hurdles. A year in power is still too

short to judge whether Suu Kyi is a

good leader”

Tort Reign, activist

IMAGES © MIGUEL CANDELA

2007

Protests turn violent again

in the Saffron Revolution

led by Buddhist monks.

The constitution is changed

one year later

1990

Aung San Suu Kyi’s NLD wins

elections by a landslide.

The military refuses to

acknowledge the result and

remains in power

2005

The military junta moves

the capital city from Yangon

to Naypyidaw

1989

Burma becomes Myanmar.

Aung San’s daughter, Aung

San Suu Kyi, is placed under

house arrest for the first time

key events