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緬甸軍方發動政變，推翻國務資政昂山素姬領導的民選政府，外界不斷質疑中國在其中扮演的角色，民眾無懼軍方打壓，繼續上街，甚至有嫁到當地的港人參與。緬甸公民團體「為緬甸公義」（Justice for Myanmar）則發表報告指，至少有5家中國國有企業為緬甸軍方提供軍火，是緬甸軍方的主要後台。至於緬甸政府的112家重要商業夥伴中，涉及中國和香港資金者有20間。

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The military coup in Myanmar is emerging as a risk in POSCO's businesses in the Southeast Asian country, as analysts raise concerns over potential setbacks in the group's gas project there. Civic groups also allege POSCO's local joint venture of being linked to financing by Myanmar's military.

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Myanmar citizens have been living under military control for weeks after the country’s military staged a coup. Citing issues of electoral fraud in the November 2020 general elections, the military detained elected officials, including civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and implemented a national internet shutdown.

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မြန်မာရဲတပ်ဖွဲ့ အသုံးပြုတဲ့ လက်နက်တွေထဲ ဒရုန်းတွေကို ပစ်ချတဲ့ သေနတ်လည်း ပါ၀င်တာ တွေ့ရပါတယ်။ မြန်မာရဲတွေကိုင်တဲ့ ဒရုန်းဖျက်သေနတ်ဟာ စင်္ကာပူ အခြေစိုက်TRD ကုမ္ပဏီ ထုတ် ဖြစ်တယ်လို့Justice for Myanmar အဖွဲ့က ပြောပါတယ်။

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Inimõiguste eest seisev ja korruptsiooni vastu võitlev aktivistide grupp JFM kutsub Eesti juurtega Fortumot lõpetama lepingut Myanmari telekomifirmaga, mis kuulub Myanmari sõjaväele. Twitteri postitust on jagatud enam kui 1200 korda ja see on saanud kokku tuhandeid reaktsioone.

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Business and normal life in Myanmar is in disarray. Deep and widespread opposition to the coup imposed by the military at the beginning of the month has led to a nationwide civil disobedience movement that has disrupted major sections of the government and the economy.

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緬甸軍方發動政變，有緬甸公民團體發表報告指出，包括中國北方工業公司（NORINCO）、中國航空工業集團（AVIC）、中國航天科技集團（CASC）、中國航天科工集團（CASIC）以及中航技進出口有限責任公司（CATIC）等五間中國國企為緬甸軍方提供軍火，是緬甸軍方的主要奧援方。（陳駿豪 報道）

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Those pulling out all the stops to undo the military coup have set their sites on Singapore – specifically its brands and products – for not taking a stand.

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Tourism crops up as one of the industries that line the pockets of Myanmar’s ruling government but nothing on the scale of mines, banks, petroleum, agriculture and the gems trade.

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On February 1 2021, the Myanmar military arrested and detained several prominent figures from the National League for Democracy (NLD), the ruling party of Myanmar prior to the recent coup. Among those arrested were Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint.

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