In Myanmar, where military protests against a coup continue every day, an unconscious woman who was shot during a demonstration died on the 19th.
Women's families are calling for more participation in protests, and more demonstrations are expected.
A 20-year-old woman who was participating in a demonstration against the military in Naypyidaw, the capital of Myanmar, was shot in the head and became unconscious, but died on the 19th.
This is the first time that the deaths of demonstrators have been confirmed.
The woman's sister told reporters on the 19th, "Please participate in the demonstration until you win the army," and called for further participation in the protests.
Tens of thousands of people participated in the protests on the 19th, and at the demonstration site in Yangon, the largest city, citizens were mourning the death by holding a flower near a photo of a dead woman.
A man who participated in the demonstrators said, "All the people are sad. The military is violent against the citizens, but we must continue to fight for the dead women and democratization." It was.
Local media reported that police were firing at demonstrators when the woman was shot, and demonstrators are expected to grow in the future.
Myanmar Army Commander "Strengthening Relations with Neighboring Countries"
Meanwhile, the top of the Myanmar military who carried out the coup expressed the idea of strengthening relations with neighboring countries, and experts said that such a move would spread to neighboring countries as the United States and Britain criticized the coup and imposed sanctions. I analyze that there is a desire to prevent it.
Commander Min Aung Hlaing attended a meeting to discuss foreign policy on the 18th, saying, "Japan must build continuous and peaceful relations with Bangladesh, India, China, Laos and Thailand, especially with neighboring countries. I want to give priority to. "
He said, "We welcome investment from foreign countries, especially from neighboring countries," and expressed his intention to strengthen relations with neighboring countries.
Regarding this, Professor Takashi Nemoto of Sophia University, who specializes in Myanmar's modern history, said, "Countries bordering on the border do not talk about Myanmar's internal affairs and are on the sidelines. It can be read as a message of wanting, "he said, and while the United States and the United Kingdom criticized the coup d'etat and imposed sanctions over the situation in Myanmar, he analyzed that he wanted to prevent such a move from spreading to neighboring countries.