DW spoke with a poet-turned-rebel commander who is bringing together diverse ethnic groups into the fight against Myanmar's junta. He says Myanmar's future is one of inclusion and diversity.

“Revolution is the job of poets and artists,” says Ko Maung Saungkha, leader of a rebel militia fighting the Myanmar dictatorship. He is not the only poet commander in a country with a strong ...

A poet whose work had opposed the junta that’s ruling Myanmar has died after being interrogated, with internal organs “taken out” of his body, his wife claimed Sunday.

Myanmar has been in uproar since the February coup ended a 10-year experiment with democracy that had loosened the fetters of censorship and allowed for greater self-expression.