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Hannah Beech
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Late last month, foreign officials in army regalia toasted their hosts in Naypyitaw, the bunkered capital built by Myanmar’s military. Ice clinked in frosted glasses. A lavish spread had been laid out for the foreign dignitaries in honour of Myanmar’s Armed Forces Day.
Myanmar coup seals autocracy s rise in Southeast Asia
13 Apr, 2021 03:46 AM
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A protester in Yangon, Myanmar. Photo / The New York Times
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By: Hannah Beech
Not long ago, democracy seemed to be surging in the region. But in Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines and elsewhere, it is in trouble. Late last month, foreign officials in army regalia toasted their hosts in Naypyitaw, the bunkered capital built by Myanmar s military. Ice clinked in frosted glasses. A lavish spread had been laid out for the foreign dignitaries in honor of Myanmar s Armed Forces Day.
That very day, the military, which had seized power February 1, gunned down more than 100 of its own citizens. Far from publicly condemning the brutality, the military representatives from neighbouring countries India, China, Thailand and Vietnam among them posed grinning with the generals, legitimising their putsch.
Late last month, foreign officials in army regalia toasted their hosts in Naypyitaw, the bunkered capital built by Myanmar’s military. Ice clinked in frosted glasses. A lavish spread had been laid out for the foreign dignitaries in honor of Myanmar’s Armed Forces Day.
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