Demonstrators lay flags and flowers on the ground during a protest outside the United Nations Building in Bangkok, Thailand, on Thursday, March 4, 2021. The US criticised Myanmar's security forces for using deadly force against anti-coup protesters as the United Nations said another 38 protesters were killed across the country on March 3. - Bloomberg
WASHINGTON, March 5 (Reuters): The United States has unveiled new measures to punish Myanmar's army for its Feb. 1 coup, adding the country's ministries of defense and home affairs and its top military conglomerates to a trade blacklist.
Washington has also subjected Myanmar to 'military end use' export control restrictions, requiring its U.S. suppliers to seek difficult-to-obtain U.S. licences to ship it certain items.
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