Ye Htut, the last remaining member of Burma’s revered 30 Comrades who fought against British colonial rule, passed away peacefully in Rangoon on 27 November, aged 92.
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Villagers beat, apprehend 30 policemen in Pyinmana
Police get more than they bargained for when villagers set upon them for attempting to arrest a local NLD member who was a supporter of local farmers’ rights.
Gen. Aung San statue destroyed by mentally unstable man
A fiberglass statue of Burma’s independence hero was completely destroyed by a man with mental illness in the Irrawaddy delta.
Aung San sculpture to be unveiled
An NLD-commissioned sculpture of the independence leader Gen. Aung San by artist Aung Kyaw Tun will go on display this month.
Remembering the martyrs and their hopes for Burma
Sixty-six years ago, Aung San and some of his closest advisors were killed along with their dreams of a a multiculturalist, secular Burma
Homesick: Vacation on the Thai-Burma border
Htet Aung Kyaw Jan 19, 2009 (DVB), Although the word 'vacation' is still a strange one to most ordinary Burmese people inside the country, many Burmese in exile, including this correspondent, enjoy taking holidays. But it may be hard for the western community to understand why many exiles would spend their holidays on the Thai-Burma …