Myanmar faces growing isolation as military tightens grip

Protesters run during a crackdown of an anti-coup protests at Hlaing Township in Yangon, Myanmar on March 17, 2021. - Reuters

YANGON (Reuters): Myanmar faced growing isolation on Thursday (March 18) with increasingly limited internet services and its last private newspaper ceasing publication as the military built its case against ousted elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Nobel peace laureate Suu Kyi was overthrown and detained in a Feb 1 military coup that triggered mass protests across the country that the security forces have struggled to suppress with increasingly violent tactics.