Oct 16, 2008 (DVB), U Ngwe Tun, an elected National League for Democracy representative for constituency 2 of Kyaukpadaung township in Mandalay, died on 11 October aged 79. U Ngwe…
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Elected MP Dr Myo Win dies aged 54
Oct 1, 2008 (DVB), Dr Myo Win, elected member of parliament for Kawa township, Bago division, died of liver cancer on Monday at Phawat private hospital in Mae Sot, Thailand,…
Activist Han Lin dies in New York
Sep 29, 2008 (DVB), U Han Lin, who led the "long march to freedom and democracy" campaign in 2005 to highlight the plight of Burma, died from lung cancer on…
Actress and singer May Shin dies aged 92
Sep 4, 2008 (DVB), Much-loved actress and singer May Shin died of old age at Mandalay General Hospital in upper Burma at 11pm yesterday. May Shin was 92 years old…
Taung Twin Gyi NLD chairman dies aged 70
Sep 2, 2008 (DVB), U Myat Saing, 70, chairman of the National League for Democracy in Magwe division’s Taung Twin Gyi township, passed away at his home in Shwe Oow…
Burmese guru Min Thein Kha dies at 71
Aug 4, 2008 (DVB), Min Thein Kha, a well-known writer, astrologer and former political prisoner, died at a private clinic in Rangoon on Friday morning at the age of 71…