Anti-coup protesters gather with makeshift shields during a demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, March 12, 2021. Myanmar's security forces shot to death at least 10 people protesting the military's coup Thursday, spurning a UN Security Council appeal to stop using lethal force and as an independent UN. expert cited growing evidence of crimes against humanity. - AP
SEOUL, March 12 (Reuters): South Korea will suspend defence exchanges with Myanmar and ban arms exports to the country after a military coup and violent suppression of pro-democracy protests, the foreign ministry said on Friday.
The ministry also said Seoul would limit exports of other strategic items, reconsider development aid and grant humanitarian exemptions for Myanmar nationals to allow them to stay in South Korea until the situation improves.
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