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美國4日公布了針對緬甸軍方發動政變的新制裁措施，將緬甸國防及內政相關部門，以及主要軍事企業納入貿易黑名單。

Frustration, anger and desperation have been running high among Myanmar’s anti-coup protesters who want Singapore to cut business ties with the military regime, but the country’s events remain distant news headlines for the average Singaporean.

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Without the prospect of international cooperation, the United States is proceeding cautiously with pressure on Myanmar's military government in spite of a week of deadly crackdowns on anti-coup protesters.

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U.S. President Biden’s executive order freezing U.S. $1 billion of Central Bank of Myanmar foreign currency reserves at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Feb. 10 was a first step to keep cash out of the hands of the military that requires other countries to follow up, activists said.

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Burma’s junta has told the United Nations that diplomatic isolation and sanctions will have no effect, amid growing international anger about the killing of unarmed democracy protesters, including children, by the security forces.

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Departemen Perdagangan AS mengatakan sanksi yang terbaru akan menghalangi militer Myanmar mendapat keuntungan dari akses ke banyak barang.

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Amerika Serikat pada Kamis (4/3) mengumumkan langkah-langkah baru untuk menghukum tentara Myanmar atas kudeta 1 Februari, dengan memblokir kementerian pertahanan dan dalam negeri serta konglomerat militer tingkat atas dari jenis perdagangan tertentu.

Finančno ministrstvo ZDA je v četrtek uvedlo nekaj novih sankcij proti ministrstvoma za obrambo in notranje zadeve Mjanmara ter podjetjema pod nadzorom vojske, ki je 1.

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The United States on Thursday unveiled new measures to punish Myanmar’s army for its Feb. 1 coup, blocking the ministries of defense and home affairs and top military conglomerates from certain types of trade.

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Hilton Asia Pacific confirms it manages three hotels in Myanmar on behalf of the Eden Group that the covert activist group, Justice for Myanmar, accused of being a business crony of the military junta.

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