Myanmar junta's crackdown fuels defiant Generation Z

Resistance led by people in their 20s as shootings of civilians continue

Nikkei staff writers

March 29, 2021 15:34 JST

BANGKOK -- The military junta in Myanmar is intensifying its crackdown, with 114 people killed on Saturday, the bloodiest day since the Feb. 1 coup.

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