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number of victims continues to increase amid bloody suppression by the military against protesters against the coup.
International pressures are increasing, including the announcement of trade sanctions by the United States, but the military has not budged, and governments are encouraging Koreans living in Myanmar to return to their home countries.
Reporter Jung Hye-kyung reports.
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A 27-year-old young man who attended the protest today (5th) was shot dead by a police officer in the neck.
The citizens of Myanmar are confronting virtually massacre suppression, such as tear gas, rubber bullets, and machine gun fire from the military and police.
More than 50 victims have been confirmed to date, but the actual deaths are likely to be higher.
The Myanmarians are calling for international intervention, saying they can no longer see people dying.
[Sam Piang/Bangkok resident Myanmar: We don't want violence and shooting.
I call on the UN to come and bring justice to our country.] The
US Department of Commerce has announced trade sanctions against the Myanmar military and related companies, and the World Bank has also decided to suspend funding for Myanmar.
However, despite successive sanctions, the Myanmar military has not been buzzing, as if it had already been expected.
[Christine Schraner Berginer/United Nations Envoy for Myanmar: (To the Myanmar Military) Member States warned that they would impose heavy sanctions, but the answer was,'We are used to sanctions and have survived those sanctions in the past.']
As the situation worsens, governments are rushing their citizens to return home.
390 Vietnamese returned home yesterday via two state-run Vietnam Airlines airliners, and the Singaporean government also advised their citizens to escape from Myanmar as soon as possible.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is also reviewing the use of special aircraft, but it is said that there are not many people who want to return to Korea.
(Video coverage: Choi Woong Choi, video editing: Yonghwa Jung)