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the military coup in Myanmar coming to an end for a week, a large-scale demonstration involving 100,000 citizens took place.
Gunshots were heard during police crackdowns at other protest sites in southeastern Myanmar.
This is reporter Kim A-young.
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Protesters throw water bottles at the police and police arrest some of them.
Shortly thereafter, gunshots sound in succession.
Police appear to have fired guns in the Miyawadi region in southeastern Myanmar in the process of dismantling protesters at the coup port.
In Yangon, Myanmar's largest city, 100,000 citizens gathered and the largest protests continued after the coup.
Citizens protesting the coup marched with red balloons in their hands.
[Protest Participant: Our ancestors completed a revolution against the military.
We can't let the military win this way.] The
protests are the largest since the'Saffron Revolution', in which hundreds of people were killed in protest of the military government's rapid oil price hike in 2007.
Protesters are using red, the symbol of the Democratic Peoples League, led by Shame advisor, and a three-finger salute.
The three-finger salute, widely known through anti-government protests in neighboring Thailand, is a typical expression of resistance.
Citizens are refraining from possible physical conflict to prevent bloody suppression of the military.
It was also spotted handing a rose flower to a confronting police officer.
[Protest participant: I am most concerned about the crash situation.
We want the protests to proceed peacefully.] With
Myanmar's military government once blocked internet access, citizen resistance against the military is likely to continue to grow.