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The Site That’s Still Publishing Myanmar’s Official Documents After More Than a Century
Yangon’s Government Press Building played a key role in the official life of British Burma, and has continued printing documents for Myanmar’s governments ever since.
The Building That Exploited Myanmar’s Oil Wealth
Burmah Oil Company’s headquarters in Yangon enabled the British firm to generate huge profits while its employees lived in squalor on tiny wages.
A Burmese Dictator’s Final Visit to Japan
On this day in 1981, Myanmar dictator General Ne Win, once trained by Japanese military and intelligence operatives, left for his fourth and final visit to Japan.
The Chinese Nationalist Party Leader’s Short Visit to British Burma
On April 6, 1942, Chinese general Chiang Kai-shek met Allied generals Joseph Stilwelland Harold Alexander in Pyin Oo Lwin to discuss how to repel the Japanese from Burma.
When Yangon’s Avenues Traded Colonial English Names for Burmese
On this day in 1989, the then-military government changed the names of 165 streets in Yangon, dropping their English colonial names in favor of Burmese language replacements.
The Day the Thai Princess Visited Myanmar
On this day in 1986, Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn made her first visit to Myanmar at the invitation of dictator General Ne Win.
The Building that Dominated Inland Water Trade in British Burma
The Irrawaddy Flotilla Company dominated river trade during the colonial period from its headquarters on Strand Road, which is the Myanma Port Authority building today.
The Day Japan Signed War Reparations for Myanmar
On this day in 1954, Myanmar secured a pledge from Japan to pay reparations for violence and damage caused to the country under Japanese occupation during World War II.
The Death of a Leading Hsaing Musician who Performed for Myanmar Royal Family in Exile
On this day in 1942, renowned Myanmar traditional folk musician Sein Beda died of throat cancer.
Myanmar’s First Postwar Political Mass Meeting
Seventy-four years ago today, at the Nay Thurein Meeting, the Anti-Fascist People’s Freedom League objected to Churchill’s proposal for only partial Burmese independence.
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