The military staged a coup in 2021 to prevent an elected civilian gov’t from taking power. There were massive nation-wide protests that they put down with gun fire. The civilian protest movement has organized militias funded by donations and allied themselves with ethnic rebels who’ve been fighting for autonomy or independence since the country gained independence from the British after WW2. Last month, that coalition of rebels launched an offensive that’s been hugely successful thus far taking a lot of bases from the military junta and taken control of two border towns that control trades with China and India. Junta is reeling and they are using scare tactics to try and rally people to their side.