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Yangon, Sep 23 (EFE/EPA).- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) updated Wednesday the expected fall in the gross domestic product (GDP) of Myanmar from 9 percent to 18.4 percent, as the country plunged into a deep crisis due to the military coup and pandemic.In a report on economic forecasts for Asia-Pacific, the ADB ranked Myanmar as the economy that will decline the most this year, only behind the Cook Islands (-26 percent), and does not offer data of the Asian country in 2022 due to the unstable situation. (Camera: STRINGER). B-ROLL OF THE FACTORIES CLOSURE AT MYANMAR-JAPAN JOINT VENTURE THILAWA SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE, IN YANGON, MYANMAR.
Yangon, Aug 18 (EFE).- More than 1,000 people have lost their lives in the brutal repression by the authorities since the military coup on Feb.1, the nonprofit Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) told EFE Wednesday.ARCHIVE FOOTAGE. SHOT LIST: PROTESTS AGAINST THE COUP AND ELECTIONS IN MYANMAR.
More than 1,000 people line up at the Thai embassy in Yangon on Friday as young people seek to leave Myanmar after the junta said it would impose military service. IMAGES
Streets in Myanmar's commercial hub Yangon are quieter than usual, with a heavy military presence in parts of the city where soldiers stand guard at checkpoints and patrol in trucks, as the nation marks the third anniversary of a 2021 coup d'etat. Opponents of the military have called for people to stay indoors in a "silent strike" against the coup. IMAGES
Hundreds of protestors gather outside the UN office in Bangkok on the third anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar. IMAGES
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