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Myanmar's military seized power in a bloodless coup Monday, detaining democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and imposing a one-year state of emergency -- moves that sparked global outrage and calls for the generals to immediately backtrack u.afp.com/U5Yf

The rise of democracy in Myanmar brought with it global economic engagement.

After the military coup, the threat of sanctions has returned

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📸 Closed stores in a Yangon shopping centre on February 1, the day of Myanmar's military coup

VIDEO: White House to conduct "immediate review" of US sanctions on Myanmar

The reversal of democratic progress in Myanmar "will necessitate an immediate review of our sanctions' laws and authorities, followed by appropriate action," White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki says

The army's grip on Myanmar.

#AFPGraphics chronology of key events in the recent history of Myanmar

Myanmar’s generals appear in firm control a day after a surgical coup that saw democracy heroine Aung San Suu Kyi detained

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Myanmar coup.

#AFPGraphics map of Myanmar and factfile on what is known so far about the February 1 military coup

VIDEO: Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand protest against the military coup in front of their embassy, waving posters of leader Aung San Suu Kyi and stomping on the photos of Senior General Min Aung Hlaing

#UPDATE This week's coup in Myanmar risks resurrecting the troubled nation's international pariah status and destroys a civilian power-sharing agreement where the generals still maintained huge control
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#BREAKING Myanmar coup was 'inevitable': Army chief

#UPDATE The military ouster of Aung San Suu Kyi's government in Myanmar was "inevitable", army chief General Min Aung Hlaing said, as Washington formally designated the takeover as a coup u.afp.com/U5nw