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Financial services giant ANZ and Brisbane-based infrastructure and services provider Cardno are among foreign companies in Myanmar under increasing pressure to show solidarity with protesters as the junta which seized power almost six weeks ago digs in.

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Cinq semaines après le coup d’Etat militaire, les manifestations se poursuivent en Birmanie et sont durement réprimées. Les entreprises internationales pourraient-elles faire plus pour soutenir la population et la démocratie ?

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When Myanmar’s military tried to stage a coup d’etat on the first day of February, it probably expected it to be easy. After all, it never fully relaxed its grip on the levers of power held for five decades prior to allowing partial civilian rule.

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Google and Rakuten-owned messaging app Viber said on Wednesday they were reviewing recent advertisements run by a Myanmar military-backed telecommunications firm following the Feb. 1 coup.

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A few days after the coup, ISPs in Myanmar started blocking access to Facebook services. On 5th February 2021, they started blocking access to Twitter and Instagram as well. On 6th February 2021, access to the internet was shut down entirely for nearly 30 hours.

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The last decade had offered glimmers of hope for the people of Myanmar that the country could finally begin the process of democratization and long-lasting peace.

미얀마 민주화 시위가 날이 갈수록 격화되면서 미얀마에 진출한 한국 기업들도 상황을 예의주시하고 있다. 특히 포스코는 미얀마에서 적지 않은 수익을 거두고 있어 미얀마 현지 상황에 촉각을 곤두세우고 있는 것으로 알려졌다.

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Business groups linked to General Min Aung Hlaing’s junta are bearing the brunt of a consumer and employee boycott that is forcing foreign and local enterprises to take sides in Myanmar’s political crisis.

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Myanmar's military - the leaders of its recent coup - are funded by a huge chunk of the national budget. But the armed forces also draw a vast and secretive income from sprawling business interests:

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The pressure for further sanctions comes as Australia has suspended its military cooperation program with Myanmar in the wake of escalating violence against protesters.

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