Myanmar suffers more deaths than in 2007 crackdown

Military and police use live fire on protesters killing 38 in one day

Demonstrators block off a road in Yangon for another day of protest on March 4. © Reuters

YOHEI MURAMATSU and DOMINIC FAULDER, Nikkei staff writers

March 4, 2021 21:14 JST

BANGKOK -- Myanmar has already experienced more deaths than in the crackdown on pro-democracy protests in 2007 that were largely led by monks.

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