Contemporary · Southeast Asia · Politics

2021

Myanmar coup

February 1, 2021

Hours before parliament was to convene, the Tatmadaw arrested Aung San Suu Kyi and her cabinet and declared a state of emergency. A decade of fragile civilian rule ended in a morning. Resistance committees and ethnic armies took to the jungle. By year's end Myanmar was again at war with itself.

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Before and after in Southeast Asia

Before: July 10, 2018: Thai cave rescue
After: March 28, 2025: Myanmar earthquake

Before and after in Politics

Before: June 30, 2020: Hong Kong national security law
After: June 24, 2022: Roe v. Wade overturned

Era

Contemporary (2001–2026), one of 196 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Myanmar