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Sketching a Better Myanmar through Satire

Winphe is a popular satirical cartoonist in Yangon, Myanmar. He's drawn over 1,500 works exploring political and everyday issues from the perspective of ordinary citizens. During nearly 50 years of military rule, newspapers were censored and the work of satirists was suppressed. The censorship ended with the government's 2011 step towards democracy, but some cartoonists say that not everything can be freely criticized, with arrests still being made. Explore Myanmar today through the work of Winphe and his satirist colleagues.

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  • Originally Aired June 12, 2020
  • Network NHK
  • Created June 20, 2020 by
    Administrator admin
  • Modified December 9, 2023 by
    morbus