The long emergency: Myanmar since 2021’s military coup | CNA Correspondent podcast

0 February 1, 2026 23:00

Five years after Myanmar’s military coup ended a decade of democratic rule, the country remains deeply divided and scarred from its ongoing civil war. CNA’s Genevieve Woo and Senior Correspondent Leong Wai Kit revisit the day the coup unfolded, the brutal crackdown that followed and how Myanmar’s politics arrived at an uneasy state of limbo.

Highlights:
01:05 How Wai Kit found out about a potential military coup
05:35 When the first protester shot in the head
06:22 How footage was smuggled out despite a blackout
10:20 A pregnant protester recounts being tortured in jail
15:17 Junta brushes off global opinion
17:01 Horrific video shows war brutality
19:25 Clubs and drugs used as a distraction
24:50 Mystery surrounds Suu Kyi’s fate

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