Yangon
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Power to the people...we want to see how much of the boycotters' argument rings true. The first thing that strikes me on arrival in Rangoon (also known as Yangon) is how relaxed everybody seems to be: from the immigration officers and airport staff who help me... In this article: Burma, Yangon, Bagan, Inle Lake, Tax, Mandalay, Pyay, and Nyaungshwe |
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New Kerala | 5 days ago
Flight delayed after monk causes technical snag
Kolkata, Nov 23 : An Air India (AI) flight bound for Myanmar's Yangon Monday morning was delayed for several hours at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) airport after a technical snag accidentally caused by a Buddhist monk...
In this article: Buddhist, Air India, Gaya Airport, Kolkata, and Myanmar
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Independent.co.uk - World | November 17, 2009
Burmese cameramen jailed for defying regime
...on the film was completed, the cameraman known only as T was arrested coming out of an internet caf� in Rangoon and taken to the city's Insein prison. Last week, after four months in jail, he was told he would be charged with the new...
In this article: Burma, Rangoon, Dispatches, Cyclone Nargis, Channel 4, Ne Win, and Thein Sein
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AP Online | November 17, 2009
Myanmar's Suu Kyi proposes cooperation with junta
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is ready to cooperate with Myanmar's ruling junta in lifting foreign sanctions but it remains uncertain if the reconciliation efforts will yield results. In a letter to...
In this article: Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar, Nyan Win, Than Shwe, United States, Democracy, National League for Democracy, and Meio University
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washingtonpost.com | November 17, 2009
Death toll passes 30 in Myanmar ferry sinking
...in the Ngawun River on Sunday night after colliding with an oil barge soon after it left Pathein, 84 miles (134 kilometers) west of Yangon. Search and rescue operations were continuing, but the chances of finding the remaining missing...
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi seeks meeting with junta chief
YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has sent a letter to the head of the country's junta seeking a meeting to discuss how they can cooperate for the national interest, a spokesman for her party said...
In this article: Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar, Nyan Win, Than Shwe, United States, Democracy, National League for Democracy, Kurt Campbell, and State Department
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8 dead, dozens missing in Myanmar ferry accident
The motorized ferry "Nay Win Tun" carrying 176 people sank in the Ngawun River after the collision, 84 miles (134 kilometers) west of Yangon. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release...
In this article: Myanmar
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Description from Wikipedia:
Yangon (, pronounced: /jàŋɡòũ mjo̰/; also known as Rangoon) is a former capital of Burma and the capital of Yangon Division. Although the military government has officially relocated the capital to Naypyidaw since March 2006, Yangon, with a population of four million, continues to be the country's largest city and the most important commercial center.
Yangon's infrastructure is relatively undeveloped compared to those of other major cities in Southeast Asia. Yangon has the largest number of colonial buildings in Southeast Asia today. While many high-rise residential and commercial buildings have been constructed or renovated throughout downtown and Greater Yangon in the past two decades, most satellite towns that ring the city continue to be deeply impoverished.
- Name:
- Yangon
- Local Name:
- ရန်ကုန်
- Also Known As:
- Rangoon
- Motto:
- Yangon Purum Manaw Ra Man
- Founding Date:
- January 01, 0006
- Total Area (km):
- 598.75
- Time Zone:
- MST
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