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‘It is not easy to get attention from the world,’ says preservationist Nyo Ko Naing. ‘So it’s like Katha won the lottery.’
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Two temples suffer partial collapse after rainwater seeps into cracks caused by the Aug. 24 earthquake, say government archaeologists.
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The Rangoon Division government has formed a board of trustees to manage renovations on one of Burma’s most famous colonial buildings, the Secretariat.
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Burma
Yangon Heritage Trust reveals its conservation strategy for Rangoon and says the city is “at a tipping point” and that without action there will be a terrible loss of cultural
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The residence of Burma’s first president Sao Shwe Thaike will be turned into a heritage tourist site, according to hotels and tourism minister U Ohn Maung.
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Unesco surveys damage to 187 historic temples in Bagan, amid concerns that premature efforts to clear debris may disturb artifacts and hamper restoration.
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Burma
Development of the century-old complex remains in the hands of private developers with links to the ex-military elite, whose pledges of public accessibility spark cautious hope.
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Exactly 28 years ago, a democratic uprising took off in Rangoon that would sweep the country but end with a bloody crackdown by the military.
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Burma will nominate the Bagan Archaeological Zone as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2017, to be considered the following year.
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Burma
A Rangoon lawmaker will submit a proposal that would return the city’s historical Secretariat building—which was leased to a private company—to the public.
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Burma
With record crowds present at Rangoon’s monuments, volunteers treated 36 people for fainting, but point out there were no other major injuries.
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From Rangoon’s Secretariat to the streets of Mandalay, the public pays respect to Aung San and his colleagues 69 years after their assassination.
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Lifestyle
A poetry festival, a trivia night, a film festival and art exhibitions—all in Rangoon this week, as picked by The Irrawaddy.
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A ceremony honors the late Gen Aung San and his colleagues at the Secretariat, where they were gunned down in 1947, as Burma marks the anniversary of the assassination.
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Concerts, music festivals, art exhibitions, talks, forums, dancing-in-the-dark and a scavenger hunt—all in Rangoon this week, as picked by The Irrawaddy.
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