The Hlaing Thayar district is at the centre of Myanmar’s protests, but brutal crackdowns and the collapse of the local garment industry have taken their toll
s Thitsar* walked through her neighbourhood one December morning, she was struck by its emptiness. The bamboo shacks that line the streets of Hlaing Tharyar, an industrial township on the outskirts of Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon, lay in tatters, overgrown with weeds. The vendors who once weaved through traffic had vanished, as had many of the informal settlements where they lived and the roadside tea shops where they gathered.
In the year since, the country has been plunged into violence, poverty and mass displacement as the military attempts to crush widespread resistance to its rule. Journalists in Myanmar are working in dangerous and difficult circumstances, as the military government attacks the free press and shuts down local media outlets. Many reporters still inside the country fear arrest, with others forced to leave their homes and go into hiding in areas increasingly under attack from military forces.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Man arrested after police pursuit ends in multi-vehicle crash in SydneyEXCLUSIVE: A man has been arrested following a multi-car crash brought on by a police pursuit in Sydney. He crashed into five vehicles on Parramatta Road, which is now closed in both directions. 9News MORE:
Read more »
Man arrested after police pursuit ends in multi-vehicle crash in SydneyA man has been arrested after a police pursuit ended in a multi-vehicle crash in Sydney's Inner West. 9News
Read more »
Search begins for Ernest Shackleton’s wrecked ship off AntarcticaSouth African icebreaker has departed for Weddell Sea in search of Endurance, crushed by pack ice in 1915
Read more »
Beware the crumbling cliffs of the Great Ocean RoadHuge cracks run wide and deep, threatening to send massive sheets of rock and sediment cascading onto the beaches below.
Read more »
‘Major crash’ closes Parramatta Road in Sydney’s inner west after police pursuit terminatedFive minutes after police terminated a car pursuit of a man, he allegedly collided with five other vehicles - landing himself and two others in hospital, and closing Parramatta Road in both directions.
Read more »
Citipointe Christian College principal Brian Mulheran to ‘stand aside’ after anti-gay contractsMulheran says he will ‘take extended leave in order to reflect on what has transpired’
Read more »