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With more than 1,400 civilians dead, thousands displaced and an economy on the brink of collapse, Myanmar is in crisis

Shops abandoned as public defies military threats and stays at home a year after ousting of government

A year since seizing power Senior General Min Aung Hlaing repeats promises of an election when state of emergency ends.

One year after Myanmar’s military coup, the country has been plunged into civil war. Facing escalating violence and an uncertain future, tens of thousands of people have fled their homes since the February 1 coup. FRANCE 24 spoke to refugees trying to rebuild their lives abroad, from Thailand to France.

Streets emptied and shops shuttered across Myanmar on Tuesday as people defied junta orders to go about their business with a silent strike on the first anniversary of the military coup. The junta that ended the Southeast Asian country's brief democratic interlude and toppled civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi…

Opponents of military rule in Myanmar are marking the one-year anniversary of the army’s seizure of power with a nationwide strike to show their strength and solidarity amid concern about what has become an increasingly violent contention for power

To mark a year since the government of Aung San Suu Kyi was overthrown by Myanmar's military, several of Australia's closest allies have imposed sanctions on several top junta officials – including its attorney-general and other senior judicial officers.

Myanmar's military rulers have threatened to jail anti-coup protesters who take part in a "silent strike" on Tuesday, a year since the generals seized power, as the United States, Britain and Canada imposed new sanctions.

Myanmar’s junta marked one year in power on Tuesday despite fresh foreign sanctions as demonstrators promised to rally against the army and its bloody crackdown.