BANGKOK -- Residents of Yangon and other cities across Myanmar joined in a "silent strike" on Tuesday, skipping work and staying home to show their opposition to the military takeover of the country on its first anniversary.
The normally bustling streets of Hledan, a shopping district in Yangon, were almost deserted. The area had been a hotbed of anti-military protests shortly after the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy was ousted on Feb. 1, 2021.
