Myanmar shadow embassy opens in Canberra to champion Aung San Suu Kyi’s ousted government
Not far from the imposing, official embassy is a welcoming space in a rented house where Australian and Myanmar flags fly alongside symbols of the resistance
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In Myanmar, a resistance armed with homemade weapons is trying to take down the ruling military junta.
In Canberra, the fight has begun to get the Australian government to recognise Myanmar’s democratically elected national unity government (NUG).