VDO: Seventy years since Rangoon reclaimed
On 3 May 1945, allied troops reclaimed Rangoon for the British Empire, after three years of Japanese occupation.
Burma celebrates the life of Aung San
A small, dusty town in central Burma became the focus of the country on Friday, as thousands descended on the Magwe town of Nat Mauk, the birthplace of Aung San.
Staging the life of Aung San
To celebrate what would be the one hundredth birthday of Burmese independence hero Aung San, a Rangoon theatre troop will stage a ‘poetic opera’