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Mentre il Myanmar ha messo in atto ieri una nuova forma di sciopero silenzioso, con le strade deserte e i negozi chiusi in tutta Yangon e altrove, e mentre le vittime della repressione salgono ormai ad almeno 286, spunta di nuovo l’Italia tra i documenti che cercano di far luce sui rapporti tra Europa e militari birmani.

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포스코가 미얀마 군부와 결탁했다는 의혹에 휩싸이면서 호주에서 포스코와 협력 관계를 끊어야 한다는 주장이 나왔다. 호주 일간지 디오스트레일리언(The Australian)은 22일(현지시각) 호주 기업들이 미얀마 군부 소유 기업의 투자 파트너인 포스코와 관계 단절을 요구받고 있다고 보도했다.

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Two of South Korea’s leading banks, Shinhan and Hana, have indirectly provided loans and investments to firms with links to Myanmar’s military, data exclusively obtained by The Korea Herald showed Thursday.

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Myanmar’s anti-coup Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) is aiming at the junta’s economic lifelines through fast-spreading consumer boycotts and public shaming campaigns of brands and businesses associated with the military coup makers.

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A consortium of private Japanese firms and a Japanese state entity paid rent on a multi-million dollar hotel and office development that ultimately went to Myanmar’s defence ministry, six company and government officials told Reuters.

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Ett av de bolag som kartläggningen särskilt lyfter fram är POSCO som i grunden är en sydkoreansk stålkoncern, men som har omfattande intressen inom en mängd sektorer, bland annat så har man tillsammans med hotellkedjan LOTTE byggt hotell på mark som ägs av militären i Myanmar.

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A new chapter is being added to the history of political revolutions. There was a time when anyone plotting a coup against a government had to capture the main telephone exchange and the radio transmitter stations. Later it became TV towers and television studios.

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Trotz Kritik von Menschenrechtsgruppen hat Japan an der Internationalen Raumstation einen Satelliten ausgesetzt, den eine Universität im Auftrag von Myanmar gebaut hatte. Dort regiert seit dem Putsch das Militär.

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West Michigan can impact events on the other side of the world in places where I have worked: such is the case with U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga’s campaign to erode policies that would have otherwise constricted the flow of money into the coffers of the military junta that recently took power in Myanmar.

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Có đến 488 tổ chức xã hội dân sự Myanmar vừa ra tuyên bố chung bày tỏ sự thất vọng trước việc Hội đồng Bảo an Liên Hiệp Quốc thiếu hành động cương quyết trước cuộc đảo chính và giết người tàn tạo của quân đội Myanmar.

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