Protestors wear hats in support of the Civil Disobedience Movement in Yangon shortly after the coup in February 2021. (Frontier)

Purity or pragmatism? The CDM dilemma

Opposition forces in Myanmar are trying to roll out public services in newly-conquered territories, but public resentment is holding them back from employing regime civil servants.

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