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Anti-coup protesters flash the three-finger salute and chant slogan during the demonstration against the military coup in the rain at Pabedan township in Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, April 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

UN says conflict in Myanmar impedes its humanitarian aid

By GRANT PECK - Associated Press

Anti-coup protesters run after seeing police and soldiers arrive to disperse their demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Demonstrations have continued in many parts of the country since Saturday's meeting of leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, as have arrests and beatings by security forces despite an apparent agreement by junta leader Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing to end the violence. (AP Photo)

UN calls for return to democracy in Myanmar, end to violence

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

In this image from video, a riverside Myanmar Army base, top left, seized by Karen guerrillas is seen from Mae Sam Laep, Thailand near the border with Myanmar Thursday, April 29, 2021. Myanmar government forces launched airstrikes against ethnic minority guerrillas in two areas of the country on Wednesday, local reports said. (UGC via AP)

Myanmar junta says rockets fired at 2 air bases; no injuries

By GRANT PECK - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 30, 2021, file photo, Myanmar soldiers stand at a small army camp along the river bank near the border of Myanmar and Thailand. Ethnic Karen guerrillas said they captured the Myanmar army base Tuesday, April 27, 2021 in what represents a morale-boosting action for those opposing the military's takeover of the country's civilian government in February. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

Reports: Myanmar airstrikes target ethnic forces on 2 fronts

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Activists and anti-coup protesters hang student uniforms on the wall of a school during a demonstration against the reopening of the school by the government in Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Demonstrations have continued in many parts of the country since Saturday's meeting of leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, as have arrests and beatings by security forces despite an apparent agreement by junta leader Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing to end the violence. (AP Photo)

Myanmar guerrillas capture gov’t base; airstrikes follow

By Grant Peck - Associated Press

Anti-coup protesters flash the three-finger salute, holding banner read &quot; Yangon Strike will defeat all enemies&quot; during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, on Monday, April 26, 2021. Southeast Asian leaders have demanded an immediate end to killings and the release of political detainees in Myanmar during an emergency summit in Jakarta with its top general and coup leader. (AP Photo)

Myanmar protests continue after ASEAN peace initiative

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Anti-coup protesters flash the three-finger sign of defiance during the demonstration against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, on Friday, April 23, 2021. Leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations meet Saturday, April 24, in Jakarta to consider plans to promote a peaceful resolution of the conflict that has wracked Myanmar since its military launched a deadly crackdown on opponents to its seizure of power in February. (AP Photo)

Protest in Yangon ahead of regional summit on Myanmar crisis

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Police officers stand guard outside the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat ahead of a leaders' meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, April 23, 2021. The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations is scheduled to hold a special summit to discuss Myanmar on Saturday. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

ASEAN leaders tell Myanmar coup general to end killings

By Niniek Karmini - Associated Press

In this image from video broadcast April 18, 2021, over the Myawaddy TV channel, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, chairman of the State Administrative Council, delivers his address to the public during Myanmar New Year. Leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations meet Saturday, April 24, in Jakarta to consider plans to promote a peaceful resolution of the conflict that has wracked Myanmar since its military launched a deadly crackdown on opponents to its seizure of power in February. (Myawaddy TV via AP)

Southeast Asian summit to address Myanmar’s post-coup crisis

By GRANT PECK - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 8, 2021, file photo, anti-coup protesters walk through a market with images of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon, Myanmar. Aid workers and activists are warning Myanmar's political upheavals could cause a regional refugee crisis as political strife following a Feb. 1 coup displace growing numbers of people who have lost their livelihoods. coming in a couple hours. (AP Photo, File)

Myanmar refugee crisis brewing as turmoil hits economy

By ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

Anti-coup protesters shout slogan with a banner reading ''Carry on revolution! We do not accept as the military slave,'' in Kamayut township of Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, April 19, 2021. Anti-coup protesters kept public demonstrations going despite the threat of lethal violence from security forces. (AP Photo)

EU expands sanctions against Myanmar military, companies

By ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

Yuki Kitazumi speaks during an interview in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on April 1, 2013. Japan's government said Monday, April 19, 2021 it is asking Myanmar to release Kitazumi, a former Nikkei business newspaper reporter currently based in Yangon as a freelance journalist, who was arrested by security forces in its largest city of Yangon the previous day. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan asks Myanmar junta to release arrested journalist

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Anti-coup protesters shout slogan with a banner reading ''Carry on revolution! We do not accept as the military slave,'' in Kamayut township of Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, April 19, 2021. Anti-coup protesters kept public demonstrations going despite the threat of lethal violence from security forces. (AP Photo)

Myanmar junta cracks down on celebrations of new shadow govt

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Police security forces stand by inside a police vehicle and on the sidewalk of Hledan Road in Kamayut township in Yangon, Myanmar Friday, April 16, 2021. Opponents of Myanmar’s ruling junta went on the political offensive Friday, declaring they have formed an interim National Unity Government comprising elements of the ousted government of Aung San Suu Kyi as well as prominent members of major ethnic minority groups.(AP Photo)

Myanmar coup foes tout minority-backed shadow government

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A woman lights a candle while others flash the three-fingered sign of resistance during a candlelight vigil to remember those who died in the military junta's violent response to anti-coup demonstrations in Yangon, Myanmar Friday, April 16, 2021. Opponents of Myanmar's ruling junta went on the political offensive Friday, declaring they have formed an interim national unity government with members of Aung San Suu Kyi's ousted cabinet and major ethnic minority groups. (AP Photo)

Myanmar junta pardons prisoners, to attend regional summit

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South Korean peace activists on the ladders stage a rally supporting Myanmar's democracy, outside the POSCO office in Seoul, South Korea on Feb. 22, 2021. POSCO Coated &amp; Color Steel said Friday, April 16, 2021, it's ending a joint venture with a military-controlled firm in Myanmar following criticism that its business has benefited military leaders who have violently suppressed pro-democracy protests in the country. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

SKorean steelmaker to end partnership with Myanmar military

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

An anti-coup protester flashes the three-fingered salute while wearing a headband that reads R2P, which means Responsibility to Protect, during a gathering in Ahlone township in Yangon, Myanmar Monday, April 12, 2021. The protesters have called for foreign intervention to aid them under the doctrine of Responsibility to Protect, or R2P, devised to deal with matters such as genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. (AP Photo)

Myanmar’s ruling junta issues fresh charges for Suu Kyi

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A police vehicle is parked at a road in South Okkalapa township to block anti-coup protesters' gathering in Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, April 9, 2021. An information blackout under Myanmar's military junta worsened Thursday as fiber broadband service, the last legal way for ordinary people to access the internet, became intermittently inaccessible on several networks. (AP Photo)

Reports: Myanmar forces kill 82 in single day in city

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FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2018, file photo, a merchant examines a jade stone displayed at the Gems Emporium in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. In its latest targeted sanctions against Myanmar's military, the U.S. has focused on an army controlled gems business rife with corruption and abuses that is part of one of the junta's most important sources of revenue. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo, File)

US sanctions on Myanmar gems target key junta funding source

By ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

An anti-coup protester shows the three fingered salute of resistance during a strike walk with slogans to show their disaffection for military coup at neighborhood area of Hlaing township in Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, April 9, 2021. Threats of lethal violence and arrests of protesters have failed to suppress daily demonstrations across Myanmar demanding the military step down and reinstate the democratically elected government. (AP Photo)

Myanmar junta attacks again as spokesman defends crackdown

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