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Trying Freedom

Trying Freedom

Discovering old stories in the streets of Yangon

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Catriona Knapman
Apr 14, 2024
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A month before I arrived in Yangon, the cars came. Descending on the city from China and Japan, blocking the two-lane roads with endless traffic jams.

It used to be so peaceful, people would tell me.

It was no longer.

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