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Myanmar's conflict tops 100,000 dead as junta benefits from world's inattention

NPR | By Michael Sullivan
Published August 5, 2026 at 3:22 PM CDT

A 2021 military coup plunged Myanmar into a brutal civil war, ousting Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government. For years, the world isolated the junta. That isolation is breaking down.

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