EAI's project planned the interview series "Revisiting Burma," that listen to the stories of civil society activists in South Korea who have supported Myanmar's Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) for the past year.   ■ Yan Naing Htun_Representative to the Korea Republic, National Unity Government (NUG), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of the Union of Myanmar. He also serves as an Honorary President of the Junta Denouncing Committee-Korea and a negotiator of the Humanitarian and Disaster Management Department at the Myanmar Democracy Network. He fled to the Thai border as the political criticism started and got recognition from the Korean government as a political asylum in 2005. Since 1988, he has engaged in various activities speaking out for the democratization of Myanmar with following experiences: Member of Central Executive Committee of Burma Media Association (2006), President of NLD International Organizing Committee in Korea (2016).     ■ Typeset by Juhyun JunHead of the Future, Innovation, and Governance TeamㆍResearch Associate     For inquiries: 02 2277 1683 (ext. 204) | jhjun@eai.or.kr  

EAI's project planned the interview series "Revisiting Burma," that listen to the stories of civil society activists in South Korea who have supported Myanmar's Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) for the past year.   ■ Su Tazin_ An activist at the Union of Nationalities Association in South Korea and Burmese Student Association in South Korea. She is in the millennials and Generation Z and from Rakhine people. She studied civil engineering at Inha University.     ■ Typeset by Juhyun JunHead of the Future, Innovation, and Governance TeamㆍResearch Associate     For inquiries: 02 2277 1683 (ext. 204) | jhjun@eai.or.kr  

EAI`s project planned the interview series "Revisiting Burma," that listen to the stories of civil society activists in South Korea who have supported Myanmar`s Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) for the past year. In reflecting on the 8888 Myanmar Democratic Uprising, Khin May Htar, a representative of the Suwon Immigration Center, stated that it is critical for Myanmar`s people to unify for military resistance and democratization not just within Myanmar but also within the international community. Khin May Htar expressed hope that Myanmar can gradually shake off its Buddhist nation`s conservative legacy and provide more opportunities for future generations to participate in society, noting that young women`s performance has been particularly prominent during the long struggle against the military.   ■ Khin May Htar_A representative at the Suwon Migrants Center. She is an activist in global citizenship education and human rights program. She majored in English Litearture and Pedagogy at Mandalay University and Taunggyi Education Institute.     ■ Typeset by Juhyun JunHead of the Future, Innovation, and Governance TeamㆍResearch Associate     For inquiries: 02 2277 1683 (ext. 204) | jhjun@eai.or.kr  

EAI`s project planned the interview series "Revisiting Burma," that listen to the stories of civil society activists in South Korea who have supported Myanmar`s Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) for the past year. Eun-kyung Cheon, a senior coordinator at People’s Solidarity of Participatory Democracy (PSPD), said "Without the days of Gwangju, we would have still paid attention to the days of Myanmar these days," stressing the importance of democracy and human rights cooperation as the background of supporting Myanmar`s democratization. During the conversation, she reflected on the previous year, when PSPD protested against Korean corporations that had conspired with Myanmar`s military prior to the coup and held online sympathy campaigns. `As a CSO, we need to keep raising our voices, even if what we try to do is small,` she said.   ■ Eunkyung Cheon_A senior coordinator of People`s Solidarity of Participatory Democracy (PSPD). She is working as a member of the executive committee at the Korean Civil Society in Support of Democracy in Myanmar(106 CSOs). She has been working at the committee for social welfare and is now in charge of international solidarity of PSPD from 2018.     ■ Typeset by Juhyun JunHead of the Future, Innovation, and Governance TeamㆍResearch Associate     For inquiries: 02 2277 1683 (ext. 204) | jhjun@eai.or.kr  

EAI`s project planned the interview series "Revisiting Burma," that listen to the stories of civil society activists in South Korea who have supported Myanmar`s Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) for the past year. Euiseok Oh, an activist from the International Development Community Alliance, pointed out that the short-sighted practices of the international development cooperation field have started to change by seeking more fundamental and long-term solidarity since the outbreak of the military coup in Myanmar during last year. Explaining the upcoming new program agendas (e.g. the Metaverse CDM for Myanmar) for Myanmar, he argued that it is important to gain steady attention from the citizens by archiving relevant data and stories on the website “Myanmar, Spring” in order to support Myanmar’s democratization.   ■ Euiseok Oh_A permanent activist of the Korean Solidarity for Overseas Community Organizations (KOCO) and a Korean coordinator at the Local Futures. He also serves the representative role of the International Development Cooperation Youth Organizations     ■ Typeset by Juhyun JunHead of the Future, Innovation, and Governance TeamㆍResearch Associate     For inquiries: 02 2277 1683 (ext. 204) | jhjun@eai.or.kr  

EAI's project planned the interview series "Revisiting Burma," that listen to the stories of civil society activists in South Korea who have supported Myanmar's Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) for the past year. One of the Youth Action for Myanmar (YAM)'s leaders, Wai Nwe Hnin Soe, points out that supporting Myanmar's democratization movement should not be limited to one-dimensional and short-term methods such as fundraising campaigns or participation in SNS certification shot campaigns. The interviewee emphasized the importance of developing programs that will be helpful when preparing for a sustainable democracy of Myanmar: such as, developing psychotherapy and educational programs for the grassroots movement leaders or keeping a solidarity journal by collecting materials related to the one-year-long CDM.   ■ Wai Nwe Hnin Soe_ One of the leaders of the Youth Action for Myanmar (YAM). She graduated from Mandalay University of Foreign Studies in Korean Language and obtained a master's degree and doctorate in Korean Language and Literature from Yonsei University Graduate School. In charge of several Korean-Burmese interpretation works and also work as a local language lecturer at the NGO World Friends and a(n) Burmese teacher/author at the Asian Hub Books.     ■ Typeset by Juhyun JunHead of the Future, Innovation, and Governance TeamㆍResearch Associate     For inquiries: 02 2277 1683 (ext. 204) | jhjun@eai.or.kr  

  The East Asia Institute (President Yul Sohn) invited you to the conference titled “The Military Coup and Future of Democracy in Myanmar.” The military seized control of Myanmar on February 1, 2021 following the November 2020 general election which resulted in huge victory for Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party. The military claimed that the election was a “fraud” and executed the coup, while the citizens of Myanmar have continuously organized resistance against the military. In this context, with the experience and knowledge gained through operating the ‘Strengthening the Civil Society Organizations in Myanmar’ project for seven years, EAI invited Myanmar and East Asian Studies specialists based in South Korea and discussed the future of democracy in Myanmar.     [Video Timeline Information] 00:00:30 Opening Remarks 00:07:07 Session I Presentation on the Post-General Election Survey in Myanmar 01:11:15 Session II Challenges of Myanmar's Democratic Transition and Possible Ways for International Community to Preserve Democracy  

The East Asia Institute (President Yul Sohn) invited you to the sixth online seminar of the [Democracy Cooperation] series, titled "2020 Burmese General Election and Democratic Transition in Myanmar" During this seminar, EAI discussed results of the second completed democratic poll of Burma by inviting members from Sandhi Governance Institute, People’s Alliance for Credible Elections, German Institute for Global Area Studies, and ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. Planned as part of the project Myanmar Democracy Research Network(MDRN), panelists shared their thoughts on the election result and its impact on Myanmar's democratization.