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The United States is considering "specific targeted sanctions" against entities funneling financial support to the military in Myanmar after it detained civilian leaders in a bloodless coup this week, says National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan at a White House press briefing. SOUNDBITE
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
People gather and wait outside Insein prison in Yangon with hopes of seeing their loved ones Sunday after Myanmar's junta said it would release over 1,600 prisoners from jails across the country to mark the Buddhist new year. IMAGES
Former American diplomat Bill Richardson says he wasn't acting for the United States government when he secured the release of journalist Danny Fenster from a Myanmar jail. "I don't work for the US government. I was not an emissary," Richardson tells reporters after landing at New York's JFK airport with 37-year-old Fenster, who was freed Monday. [COMPLETES VIDI9RR4WQ_EN and VIDI9RR4MQ_EN] SOUNDBITE
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