Twin leaders of Myanmar’s God’s Army were once thought to have magical powers. Now adults, they are contending with the trauma of exile, alcohol and loss.
Author: HANNAH BEECH
“ကျုပ်တို့က ကျည်ပြီးတယ်” ကလေးစစ်သားတို့ကြီးပြင်းလာချိန်မှာ စစ်၏အမွေက သက်ဆိုးရှည်ဆဲပင်
ဘုရားသခင်၏တပ်တော်(God’s Army) အမွှာခေါင်းဆောင်နှစ်ဦးမှာ ပဉ္စလက်စွမ်းပကားတို့ရှိသည်ဟု တချိန်က ထင်မြင်ထားသည်။ ယခုအခါ သူတို့ လူလားမြောက်နေပြီ၊ တိုင်းပြည်စွန့်ခွာရမှု၊ အရက်နှင့် ပူဆွေး စိတ်ဒဏ်ရာတို့ကို သူတိုရင်ဆိုင်နေရဆဲ။…
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