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Myanmar military stages coup; Suu Kyi urges nation to resist Philip J. Heijmans and Max Zimmerman, Bloomberg News Myanmar Crisis a Negative For Investor Sentiment in Near Term, Asia Frontier Capitals Desai Says VIDEO SIGN OUT Myanmar’s military detained Aung San Suu Kyi, declared a state of emergency for a year and voided her party’s landslide November election victory in a setback for the country’s nascent democracy. Army chief Min Aung Hlaing’s office said he took ...

SUPPORTERS of Myanmar's military rallied in the nation's largest city as it moved to suspend all flights till April, raising fresh concerns about the army's crackdown a day after it seized power in a coup and detained senior government officials and activists. Read more at The Business Times.

Myanmar Army Rallies Supporters, Bans Flights Through April Bloomberg 2/2/2021 Khine Lin Kyaw and Philip J. Heijmans (Bloomberg) -- Supporters of Myanmar’s military rallied in the nation’s largest city as it moved to suspend all flights through April, raising fresh concerns about the army’s crackdown a day after it seized power in a coup and detained senior government officials and activists. The rally in the commercial capital Yangon is the first since de facto leader A...

Myanmar Military Appoints Ex-Generals, USDP Members to New Govt Soldiers and police are stationed near the Myanmar Parliament following the military coup on Monday. / The Irrawaddy 7.1k By The Irrawaddy 2 February 2021 YANGON—Following its coup d’etat on Monday, the military regime in Myanmar has formed a new cabinet largely made up of generals and ex-military officials, along with some members of its political proxy party, the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP). The armed forc...

President Joe Biden said the U.S. could reinstate sanctions on Myanmar if the Southeast Asian country’s military doesn’t “immediately relinquish the power they have seized” in a coup and release activists and officials.

Myanmar’s Army Chief Challenges Biden, Bets Big on China Bloomberg 2/1/2021 Khine Lin Kyaw and Philip J. Heijmans (Bloomberg) -- By seizing power on Monday, Myanmar’s generals are providing Joe Biden with an early test of his efforts to counter the appeal of China’s authoritarian model in Asia. Army chief Min Aung Hlaing, who was bumping up against a mandatory retirement age this year, already faces sanctions from the U.S. and U.K. due to a brutal crackdown against Rohin...