https://www.buzzsprout.com/138215/8552902-u-maung-nyi-commonly-known-as-david-was-born-in-kyaukse-on-15-april-1936-he-was-educated-in-kyaukse-mandalay-yangon-and-otago-new-zealand-as-a-mining-engineer-he-spent-many-years-working-at-bawdwin-myanmar-s-fa.mp3?download=true U Maung Nyi was born in Kyaukse on 15 April, 1936 and, at the time of my interview, had just turned 85. Most people now know him as David which was the name he took when he studied Mining Engineering in Otago, New Zealand in the late 1950s on a Colombo Plan scholarship. WikitravelContinue reading “U Maung Nyi – a decision he made in March 1989 changed his life”
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Daily life under the Myanmar military coups of 1962, 1988 and 2021
Last night I received the following email from a good friend in Myanmar: “I have experienced three military coups in my life in Myanmar, in 1962, 1988 and 2021. When the first one occurred on March 2, 1962 I was not in the country. I arrived back only after 10 months. According to the news reports, thereContinue reading “Daily life under the Myanmar military coups of 1962, 1988 and 2021”
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