BooksBooks: A train journey through Myanmar's violent history
Railways highlight colonial origins and emergence of forced labor and military brutality
Clare Hammond's debut book excavates often troubling facets of Myanmar's history that have gone unrecorded. (Source photos Penguin, Libby Burke Wilde)
FRANCESCA REGALADO, Nikkei staff writer
October 10, 2024 08:00 JST
For more than three years, wartime atrocities in Myanmar have been in plain sight for anyone willing to look. As pro-democracy and ethnic resistance groups fight against the military junta that seized power in 2021, civilians have inevitably been caught in the crossfire.