Word: maung
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Major Than Maung, 54, the reserved and dignified officer in charge at Komura, could not be more insistent. Soldiers are not drafted until the age of 15, he says. When children show up in war zones, most are sent back. But why not send them all back? Pause. "It depends on the situation," he says...
...government responded to the electoral rout with pledges to transfer power to a civilian government. But the timing remained vague, and the future role of the military was anything but clear. Although junta leader General Saw Maung announced that he would cede control "to the largest party," there were enough caveats to leave the opposition sleepless. First a constitution must be drafted, a process that diplomats warn could take as long as three years. And, Saw Maung cautioned, whoever threatens the protection of "national unity will not be tolerated...