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A Grieving Mother Addresses the Nation

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On This Day

By Wei Yan Aung

Exactly 72 years ago today, the mother of Gen. Aung San and Trade Minister U Ba Win—both assassinated four days prior—delivered a radio message to the country.

The Day Myanmar’s Independence Hero was Assassinated

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On This Day

By Wei Yan Aung

Today is Martyr’s Day, the day that, 72 years ago, Myanmar independence hero General Aun San was gunned down. The mastermind behind his death remains unnamed.

Everyone is Waiting for Something

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Arts

By Wei Yan Aung

Yangon-based artist Kaung Kyaw Khine expresses both the anguish and the hope of the waiting masses.

8 July 2019 The Day an Earthquake Toppled Temples in Bagan

7 July 2019 The Day Myanmar Doctors Separated Conjoined Twins for the 1st Time

7 July 2019 The Bloody Day on the Rangoon University Campus

29 June 2019 The Day a Life-Saving Nurse Was Recognized for Her Courage

25 June 2019 The Day the KNDO Hijacked a Burma Airways Jet

21 June 2019 The Day Bo Min Yaung Chose Execution over Serving the British

8 June 2019 ‘Cruelty of the British’

6 June 2019 The First of a Succession of Myanmar’s Failed Economic Plans

2 June 2019 The Death of Independence Hero Col. Ba Htoo

30 May 2019 The Birth of the We Burmese Association

30 May 2019 The Day a Gov’t-Backed Mob Set Upon Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

29 May 2019 Dr. Ba Maw, Facilitator of Myanmar’s Struggle for Independence

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