Soldiers at a protest in Yangon on February 15, 2021 (Frontier)

The online activists helping Myanmar troops desert

A team of Myanmar activists working in the shadows is using social media and messaging apps to persuade disillusioned junta soldiers to desert their posts and topple the military.

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