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Two years ago at seoul a United Nations supervised free elections south of the 38th parallel and the republic of korea, a sovereign democratic nation, was born. Its president was sing mull ri. In may 1950, the citizens of this young republic went to the polls to choose their government under their democratic constitution. Even as the citizens of the korean republic voted in free elections, the north korean communist leaders were boasting of their intention to unify the country by force. And this was their target. A partly mountainous peninsula and the 20 million peaceloving citizens of the republic of korea. The attack by the north korean communists came suddenly and without warning. The heroic Republic Army faced by superior forces with the advantages of deception and surprise rallied it the defense of the republic improvising quickly to meet the unprovoked aggression, korean republic troops were against the invaders. Against a prepared enemy armed with modern tanks, planes and guns t
Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and Around The World. We start this hour with Breaking News and a Military Coup appears to be under way in myanmar. The countrys de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, president win myint and other Senior Party Leaders have all been detained in a series of Early Morning raids. Lets speak to our South East Asia correspondentjonathan head. What more can you tell us about what has been happening . It is what has been happening . It is not that clear what has been happening . It is not that clear from what has been happening . It 3 not that clear from here and bangkok. We are getting a lot of reports from contacts inside Myanmar Committee does appear numerous reports that the key leadership of the country including unsung suki have been detained by the military early this morning before dawn. Aung san sui kyi. In the capital which is not the main city but that has been more or less cut off and people are finding it very hard to get through on the phone o
Hello and welcome to the programme. We start this hour with Breaking News a Military Coup appears to be underway in myanmar. The countrys De Facto Leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the president win myint, and other Senior Party Leaders have all been detained in a series of Early Morning raids. Phone and Internet Connections have been cut and soldiers are on the streets of the Capital Naypyidaw and the main city yangon. The move comes after days of escalating tension between the civilian government and the powerful military that stirred fears of a coup. All this in the aftermath of an election the army says was fraudulent thats been rejected by observers. State tv in myanmar has released a statement saying its having technical errors and is unable to broadcast. 0ur South East Asia correspondent Jonathan Head is in bangkok. He says facts are difficult to confirm at this stage. Well, its not that clear from here in bangkok we are getting a lot of reports from contacts inside myanmar. It does appe
Welcome to the programme. A Military Coup appears to be underway in myanmar. Reports say the countrys de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other civilian leaders have been detained. Soldiers are on the streets of the main cities and communications have been cut. Tension has been escalating since the november elections, which the nld was declared to have won by a landslide. The military, whose proxy party won only a few seats, has claimed the results were fraudulent. 0ur South East Asia correspondentJonathan Head is in bangkok. He says facts are difficult to confirm at this stage. Well, its not that clear from here in bangkok. Were getting a lot of reports from contacts inside myanmar. It does appear there are numerous reports that the key leadership of the country, including Aung San Suu Kyi, have been detained by the military, very early this morning, before dawn, that the capital, naypyidaw, which is not the main city, that has been more or less cut off. People are been having troubl