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The Irrawaddy formerly published a monthly English language magazine and a weekly Burmese-language journal, both of which were circulated in Burma and Thailand. Its English and Burmese language websites are updated daily.
After leaving Myanmar disguised as a monk, Aung Zaw fled to Bangkok where he started the Burma Information Group (BIG). [1] [7] Shortly after, he would start The Irrawaddy. In 2012, the online news magazine was granted access back into Myanmar. Still under government restrictions, he said, "Since we're back in Burma our reports remain very strong.
The Festival was founded by Jane Heyn, wife of the former British Ambassador to Myanmar, in 2013, and is supported by Festival patron and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Aung San Suu Kyi. The fifth Irrawaddy Literary Festival took place 9–11 November 2019.
Myanmar Business Today [14] The Myanmar Times [1] [15] - a private daily English newspaper (weekly in Burmese) The Standard Time Daily [16] The Straits Times Myanmar Edition-a private daily newspaper (English) [17] The Union Daily (owned by Union Solidarity and Development Party) [9] The Voice Daily [18] The Yangon Times [9]
Win Maung, the youngest of eight siblings, was born in Kangyidaut, Irrawaddy Division, British Burma, on 26 September 1927, to U Tun Saine and Daw Thin.. He was educated at Min Kone School, Kandawgyi Township in 1934, Pathein National High School in 1935, a Japanese school in 1941 and Kandawgyi Modern High School in 1942.
While the Irrawaddy reports Pekhon has been taken, unlike concurrent reports by Bni Online and KT News, which report fighting in Pekhon. [80] [81] [82] The Frontier Myanmar also reported Pekhon was taken, but already in october. [70] While the Irrawaddy reports major fighting in Mobye for control of the Pekon-Moebye-Loikaw road.
Commissioned as a publicity stunt by THQ (a video game publisher that has since gone out of business) for Queen Elizabeth II, this gold-plated Wii stands out as a literal gem in gaming history.
Battle of Pakokku and Irrawaddy River; Part of Central Burma Campaign, the Burma campaign, the South-East Asian theatre of World War II and the Pacific Theater of World War II: A Lee tank loaded onto a pontoon ferry by British troops before crossing the Irrawaddy River at Ngazun, 28 February 1945