Revolution Song: Myanmar’s unending war
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Deep in the mountains along the Thai border, a bloody civil war rages. Our correspondent gives us rare insight into one of the world’s oldest insurgencies. New, stringent election rules will soon be tested in Britain. We ask if voters are ready. And, the bubble tea franchise taking South-East Asia by storm.
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| 1:47.0 | In two weeks, people in parts of Britain are going to the polls. But there are some new rules, and officials say that this is the biggest change to electoral laws in a generation. |
| 1:49.0 | Are voters really prepared? |
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