Naypyidaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2025 (AFP) - Myanmar junta celebrates itself with military pageant

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2025-03-27
Myanmar's junta will muster its embattled troops for a show of strength on Armed Forces Day on Thursday after a year of seismic defeats and forcibly conscripting civilians to bolster its ranks. Thousands of soldiers will march before junta chief Min Aung Hlaing in Naypyidaw, where a banner over the approach to the parade ground reads: "Only when the military is strong will the country be strong." Special forces guarded the main entrance to the re......
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