South Korea has decided to restrict the export of military goods including tear gas to Myanmar, suspend bilateral defense exchanges and reconsider development assistance to the Southeast Asian nation amid its violent crackdown on citizens protesting a coup, the government said Friday. The move follows Seoul's repeated calls for Myanmar to
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Rule of force and our media: The Myanmar syndrome
Bangladesh media is erupting with reports on the civil military confrontation in Myanmar after the army took over. There was protest at first and now has become a confrontation. In what is clearly a well-funded campaign, the pro-SuuKyi political activists are able to stand up on their own.Western media are
Myanmar police raid housing of striking railway workers
Myanmar security forces early Wednesday raided a neighborhood in the country's largest city that is home to state railway workers who have gone on strike to protest last month's military coup. Police sealed off the Mingalar Taung Nyunt neighborhood in Yangon where the Ma Hlwa Kone train station and housing for