Fifty-nine years ago today, the ruthless military dictator Ne Win was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award. He refused it, believing it to be a tool of the American CIA.
On this day in 1943 Japan granted a sham independence to Myanmar, disingenuously installing a puppet government and suppressing the people.
Exactly 31 years ago today, U Sein Lwin began the shortest-lived presidency in modern Myanmar history, still managing to kill hundreds.
After decades of failed attempts, stakeholders are overjoyed. But new hotels and management transparency issues mean challenges still lie ahead.
On this day in 1975, a strong earthquake shook the country’s major tourist attraction, killing 2 and damaging hundreds of centuries-old pagodas.
Fifty-seven years ago today, Ne Win issued a bloody crackdown on Rangoon student protests. The next day, he dynamited the Students’ Union building.
National Museum show is the best-attended it has ever put on
The Tourist Burma Building, sitting on a prominent downtown crossroad, has emerged from decades of abandonment as a heritage treasure—and the public are invited inside.
On this day 89 years ago, Dobama Asiayone, or the We Burmans Association, was founded by Rangoon University instructor Thakhin Ba Thaung.
The teak architectural gem has received a new lease on life with elaborate renovation works by KT Group and now a Blue Plaque from the Yangon Heritage Trust.
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