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‘The UK government policy on Burma is soft,’ says Zoya Phan with a hint of anger in her voice. ‘They are promoting their own trade and business interests. I want to see a more robust policy from ...

Fascinating previously unseen photos of Burma under British colonial rule have come to light 150 years later. The historic snaps, which date from the late 1860s and early 1870s, feature both the ...

British human rights acticivst James Mawdsley is understood to have been freed from prison in Burma. British human rights acticivst James Mawdsley is understood to have been freed from prison in ...

Mawdsley, a 27-year-old English teacher from Lancashire who holds British and Australian passports, arrived in London after being released by Burma Friday in response to a United Nations-led ...

British experts have begun work in Burma following a 17-year search for a cache of World War II Spitfire planes believed to be buried in the country. Eyewitness accounts and metallurgical surveys ...

Credit: War Office, Central Office of Information and American Second World War Official Collection via Wikimedia Commons Subscribe for ads-free reading The British colony of Burma was part of the ...

In British colonial Burma, it was the Karens – a large ethnic minority group whose members speak a number of related languages, including Pa’O and Karenni – who played this role. During the 100 years ...

although Burma continued to remain under the iron grip of the British Empire. “Today Burma ceases to form part of the Indian Empire,” the British monarch, King George VI, declared.

With the same enthusiasm that they had once devoted to demonstrating against the British, Burma’s new bosses set about achieving U Nu’s dream. They adopted a $1.6 billion economic development ...