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Pakokku

American  
[puh-kawk-koo] / pəˈkɔk ku /

noun

  1. a city in central Myanmar (Burma).


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After the “D-Day” proclamation last week, the resistance sabotaged more than 65 telecommunications towers owned by Mytel, a military-linked company, said Ko Kyawt Phay, a spokesman for the People’s Defense Force in the central city of Pakokku.

From New York Times

In Dawei, Mandalay, Myeik, Bago and Pakokku, protesters were killed with live ammunition, according to the UN, which condemned the use of escalating forces against peaceful protesters.

From The Guardian

"One man died in a Pakokku tobacco factory when the roof collapsed on him."

From Reuters

Vincent Panzani, a staff member in Pakokku for the aid agency Save the Children, said several of his colleagues from the area described the earthquake as the strongest they have experienced.

From Washington Times

Vincent Panzani, a staff member in Pakokku for the aid agency Save the Children, said several of his colleagues from the area said it was the strongest earthquake they have experienced.

From US News