Society of Strife: Dark History

In this episode, we look at most of the conflicts that took place in 2023. From separatist movements in Indonesia, and coups in Africa to violence in the occupied West Bank.

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In Myanmar, Facebook is the most popular social networking platform. It is so popular that people sometimes mistake it for the internet. Unfortunately, this popularity has led to the rise of hate, fear and disinformation on the app, sometimes targeting ethnic minorities in the country.

This is the story of Facebook and its negative social impact on Myanmar.

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Since Myanmar gained independence from the British in 1948, the ethnic minority population of the Rohingya has faced constant discrimination, harassment and even attempted genocide at the hands of the Burman military dictatorship.

In 2017, the plight of the Rohingya became known to the international community but, by then, it was too late.

This is the story of the Rohingya.

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For six weeks in 1937, the city of Nanjing was occupied by Japanese soldiers. The soldiers, bloody and angry at a campaign that was dragging on for too long, proceeded to commit war crimes and other inhumane acts on an innocent civilian population.

This story is dedicated to the victims and survivors of the massacre.

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Ishii Shiro has finally completed Ping Fan but his bloodlust is not yet sated. Now, he turns his eye towards building yet another experimentation station and begins testing his pathogens on an unknowing Chinese population. At the same time, the Kwantung Army has finally started fighting with the Soviet Army and Ishii sees this as his big chance to prove the efficacy of his biological weapons.

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In the middle of 1935, the Zhong Ma fortress was destroyed; In its place, something bigger and even more sophisticated emerged: Ping Fan. The Togo unit was also expanded and merged with the Kwantung Army. It would soon evolve into Unit 731 and would spread fear and terror in East Asia.

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In early 1932, Ishii and the Kwantung Army drove into a village in Northeast China and gave the villagers living there three days to evacuate. What they erected in that village would haunt Chinese society for years to come.

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In Manchuria (Northeast China), before and during the second world war, the Japanese Imperial Army conducted numerous, and quite horrific, biological warfare experiments on live human beings. Most of these projects were led by one man: Dr Shiro Ishii.

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On 12th August 2000, the Kursk sank during routine naval exercises in the Barents Sea. To this day, the exact cause of the accident remains unknown.

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In the 90s, Russia built one of the most powerful nuclear submarines in the world but, just 6 years after its launch, it would kill everyone on board. This is the true story of the Kursk.

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