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A US businessman who wrote about his experience of living through the military coup in Myanmar has been detained on his return to the southeast Asian nation, officials aware of the matter said. Yangon ...

BANGKOK, June 12 (Reuters) - An American businessman who wrote a book about living ‌through a military coup in Myanmar was detained on his return to the Southeast Asian nation on Thursday, according ...

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