The Irrawaddy28d
Eight Takeaways From Myanmar Junta Chief’s Meeting With Putin
Citing a 1938 biography of King Alaungpaya, who founded the Konbaung Dynasty in the 1700s, Min Aung Hlaing said a rat king named Thoma made offerings to the Buddha, who prophesied that Thoma would ...
The Tribune16d
It was in the 1940s that the hill capital of the British Raj directly came to ‘host’ Burma, but the link goes back to the 19th century
The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist ...
The Irrawaddy9d
MNDAA-Junta Talks on Lashio Control Off to Slow Start
The ethnic Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) resumed talks with the military regime in Kunming on Saturday, focusing on territorial control of the northern Shan State capital Lashio.