Myanmar junta shamed by foreign defense chiefs over civilian deaths

Joint condemnation pushes military further into Beijing's arms

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Mourners attend the funeral of Kyaw Win Maung, who was shot and killed during a protest against the military coup, in Mandalay on March 28. © Reuters

GWEN ROBINSON, Nikkei Asia editor-at-large, and RORY WALLACE, Contributing writer

BANGKOK/YANGON -- Among all the international condemnations of the Myanmar military and its actions since the Feb. 1 coup, a statement by the defense chiefs of Japan, South Korea and 10 other countries was one of the shortest but may have hurt junta chief Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing the most.

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