A vendor waits for customers at her roadside food stall during an electricity blackout in Yangon on February 1. (AFP)

Seeking light in dark times four years after Myanmar coup

Power outages are common in Yangon, a result of rolling blackouts scheduled by the junta government as it battles for control of areas seized by resistance groups.

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