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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Myanmar Shuts Shop to Defy Junta on Coup Anniversary

Myanmar's junta is struggling to contain the backlash from the coup, with daily clashes and swathes of the country outside of its control. STR AFP/File

Streets emptied and shops shuttered across Myanmar on Tuesday as people defied junta orders to go about their business with a silent strike on the first anniversary of the military coup.

The junta that ended the Southeast Asian country's brief democratic interlude and toppled civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has triggered mass protests and a crackdown on dissent.

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