19 Feb 2021

Asia correspondent Ed White

From Nine To Noon, 9:52 am on 19 February 2021

In Myanmar, a new generation's protest movement is taking shape in surprising ways and challenging the coup and the junta's detainment of Aung San Suu Kyi. The military response to the protests looking increasingly hard-line. And, there are some positive signs that Kim Jong Un's regime might be willing to accept outside help at least for vaccine procurement for North Korea.

Protesters hold up the three finger salute with signs calling for the release of detained Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon on 16 February, 2021.

Photo: AFP

Ed White is a correspondent with the Financial Times.