[Article] “We must send a signal to Myanmar saying ‘I’m watching you’.”

2021.12.12

Currently, Gwangju’s nightmare in May 1980 is being reproduced throughout Myanmar. Recently, Myanmar resistance poet Khet Thi (45) was found dead on the 9th (local time) with all organs, including the heart, removed from the Sagaing of Myanmar. He reportedly criticized Myanmar’s military and wrote a poem, “Revolution lies in the heart.” More than 800 Myanmar citizens have now been killed in military coups, and the slaughter is still ongoing. How long will Myanmar’s nightmare last? I asked Jae Hyeok Shin, a political science professor of Korea University, about the process and background of the Myanmar coup.