As Myanmar’s civil war heads into a fifth year, anti-junta forces are opening universities and colleges as part of their ...

In 1989 the English name of the country was changed from Burma to Myanmar by the ruling State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC, now called the State Peace and Development Council ...

Then follow the course of the Allies as they drive the Japanese forces out of Burma in late 1944 and 1945. After atomic bombs were dropped by the Allies on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and ...