Tag: Chauk

The former Burmah Oil Company headquarters on Merchant Street / Yangon Architecture

Places in History

The Building That Exploited Myanmar’s Oil Wealth

by Wei Yan Aung

June 2, 2020

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Oil workers in Chauk in Magwe Region, central Myanmar, on strike.

On This Day

The Day Myanmar’s Oil Workers Downed Tools

by Wei Yan Aung

January 8, 2020

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Police crack down on student demonstrators on Spark Road on Dec. 20, 1938. / YHT

On This Day

The Day Students Barricaded Myanmar’s Secretariat to Oppose Colonial Rule

by Wei Yan Aung

December 20, 2019

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Tag: Chauk

The Building That Exploited Myanmar’s Oil Wealth

The Day Myanmar’s Oil Workers Downed Tools

The Day Students Barricaded Myanmar’s Secretariat to Oppose Colonial Rule

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