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100 days in power, Myanmar junta holds pretense of control

by Grant Peck
| May 13, 2021 12:03 AM

BANGKOK (AP) — After Myanmar’s military seized power by ousting the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, it couldn’t even make the trains run on time. State railway workers were among the earliest organized opponents of the February takeover, and they went on strike.

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