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The Day Myanmar’s Daw Aung San Suu Kyi First Met Her Jailer

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On this day in 1994, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, then under house arrest as the leader of Myanmar’s democracy movement, met junta leader Snr-Gen Than Shwe for the first time.

A Poll, a Senior General and the Demise of His Promise of a New Democratic Era in Myanmar

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Elections in History

By Wei Yan Aung

Snr-Gen Saw Maung’s vow that the army would return to the barracks after the 1990 vote never materialized; conspiracy theories about his sudden fall from grace abound.

The Day Myanmar’s Ex-Dictator Began to Engineer a Military Coup

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By Wei Yan Aung

On this day 32 years ago, ex-strongman U Ne Win was informed that the country was sliding into anarchy; within a day he hatched a plan for the military to seize power.

27 August 2020 The Day Allied Commander Who Seized Myanmar From Japanese Forces Was Assassinated

26 August 2020 The Day Suu Kyi Made Her First Public Address in Myanmar

24 August 2020 The Day Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Made Her First Public Appearance in Myanmar

20 August 2020 The Day Japan Founded a Military Training School in Wartime Myanmar

15 August 2020 When Myanmar Cast Off Its Colonial Tongue Under Japanese Rule

20 July 2020 Japan’s Pompous Emissary to Occupied Burma in WWII

13 July 2020 The Day General Aung San Gave His Final Speech

12 July 2020 The Day Myanmar Said Farewell to Japan’s Maverick Wartime Spy

8 July 2020 A Strictly Segregated Watering Hole of British Rangoon

7 July 2020 The Day a British Benefactor of Myanmar Youth and Education Passed Away

3 July 2020 Myanmar’s Destroyed Heritage: Rangoon University Student Union

3 July 2020 The Day Myanmar’s First Prime Minister U Nu Met Eisenhower in Washington

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