Myanmar coup latest: Biden orders new US sanctions on military


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Nikkei Asia YANGON — On Feb. 1, Myanmar’s military detained State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint in the country’s first coup since 1988, bringing an end to a decade of civilian rule. The Suu Kyi-led National League for Democracy, which came to power in 2015, won another landslide victory in a general election last November . The civilian government was moving into its second term, but the military has claimed the election was marred by fraud and demanded an Share this: