World’s longest Internet shutdown ends in parts of Myanmar

Myanmar Army armored vehicles drive in a street after the military seized power in a coup in Mandalay. Following Monday’s military coup, mobile operator Telenor Group confirmed it had reinstated full services in eight townships in Rakhine and Chin states on Wednesday. — Reuters

YANGON: The world’s longest Internet shutdown – affecting more than a million people for 19 months in one of Myanmar’s ethnic conflict zones – has come to an end, according to a mobile operator based in the region.

The Internet in parts of Myanmar’s troubled northern states of Rakhine and Chin was suspended in June 2019 following “emergency” orders issued by the telecoms department under Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government.