The military coup of 1988 brutally ended the opposition’s dream of democracy, it seemed. Today there is evidence of democratization in Myanmar. But experts continue to speculate over the reasons and motives behind this. After the military took power in Myanmar on September 18, 1988, the opposition had to re-orientate itself. It had two choices: it could latch onto other newly created parties or it could go underground – either in the middle of the country or somewhere in the border areas. DW.DE The ‘necessary’ price of freedom The uprising of 1988 There was no political program at the beginning of Myanmar’s democracy movement. There was only hatred towards the ruling regime. Only later would…