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Key words : myanmar popular model
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210409_07/
A Myanmar human rights group says more than 600 people have been killed in the military crackdown since the coup on February 1. The military has arrested celebrities, accusing them of inciting protests.
Demonstrators continued to take to the streets on Thursday across the country, including in the largest city of Yangon and the southern city of Dawei.
The rights group, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, says more than 20 people were killed on Wednesday alone, and that the death toll stood at 614 as of Thursday.
The military announced on state-run TV on Thursday that it had arrested Paing Takhon, a popular model with fans in Myanmar and Thailand.
Paing Takhon has spoken out against the coup and posted photos on social media of himself demonstrating.
Local media quoted his family as saying soldiers and police took him from his home at around 5:00 a.m. on Thursday.
Also on Thursday, the US Treasury Department announced sanctions on a Myanmar state-owned gem company to cut off the military's sources of funding.
The measures freeze the firm's assets in the United States and ban Americans from doing business with it.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement that the sanctions are a clear signal that Washington will keep increasing pressure on the military's revenue streams until it ceases its violence and releases all those unjustly detained.
The move is the latest in a series of sanctions Washington has imposed on Myanmar military leaders, including Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, as well as companies linked to the military.
Key words : moon bellwether
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210408_06/
In South Korea, candidates from the largest opposition party have won mayoral by-elections in Seoul and Busan. The races are seen as a bellwether for next year's presidential vote, piling further pressure on President Moon Jae-in.
Oh Se-hoon of the largest opposition People Power Party won 57.5 percent of ballots cast in Seoul on Wednesday, comfortably beating Park Young-sun of the governing Democratic Party by a margin of about 18 points.
In the second-largest city of Busan, opposition candidate Park Heong-joon thrashed the governing party candidate by some 28 points.
The elections took place amid growing criticism of public officials in South Korea over allegations of illegal land deals as real estate prices soar.
Approval ratings for President Moon have tumbled to the 30 percent level -- record lows since he took office in 2017.
Key words : activist granted
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210408_24/
A Hong Kong pro-democracy activist who fled to Britain says he has been granted political asylum by the country.
Nathan Law posted on Twitter on Wednesday that he submitted his asylum application to the British government in December.
Law was a leader of the 2014 Umbrella protest movement. He fled to Britain after Beijing imposed the national security law for Hong Kong at the end of June last year. He has continued to call for international support for the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong authorities have reportedly put Law on a wanted list for allegedly colluding with foreign forces and threatening national security.
The British government has expressed support for Hong Kong residents who want to move to the UK. In January, it began accepting applications for special visas for people born in Hong Kong before the territory's return to China.
Beijing has strongly opposed the move, saying that Britain was interfering in China's internal affairs.
The British government's decision to grant asylum to a prominent pro-democracy activist reflects its firm stance against China over Hong Kong.
Key words : kyoto lung hour
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210408_21/
Kyoto University Hospital says it has carried out the world's first lung transplant from living donors to treat severe lung damage caused by the coronavirus.
Professor Date Hiroshi, the director of the thoracic surgery department, held a news conference on Thursday with other staff members.
The hospital says a woman who lives in the Kansai region underwent the nearly 11-hour surgery on Wednesday.
It says the patient had developed severe pneumonia after she was infected with the coronavirus late last year.
She was treated using ECMO machines that replace the functions of the heart and lungs, and eventually tested negative for the virus.
But she lost most of her lung function due to fibrosis, and there was no prospect of recovery.
Surgeons transplanted lung sections from the woman's husband and son after they offered to be donors.
The hospital says the woman is now being treated in the intensive care unit. The doctors say if the patient continues to recover, she is likely to be fully rehabilitated in three months. They say her husband and son are also doing well.
The hospital says the woman is the world's first former COVID-19 patient to receive a lung transplant from living donors. Date says that lung transplants will be a promising treatment option for people suffering serious aftereffects after contracting the coronavirus.
Key words : Toyota Mt. Fuji future
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