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A missing driver was found dead on the six-lane road in Thanlyin Township. It is reported that the driver had left his home on the afternoon of October 5 to work as a rental car driver and subsequently went missing. [1]

Set Aung, chairman of Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Management Committee, delivers remarks during the opening ceremony of the SEZ at Thanlyin township outside Yangon September 23, 2015. [2]

The National Unity Government (NUG) - On Christmas, the Acting President of the NUG called for the Myanmar people to be free from the military dictatorship and to fully enjoy peace along with hope. (confirmed by 2 sources) [3]

Very often, biography shines a light on history at a time when its lessons are most needed. Thant Myint U's pacey biography of his grandfather U Thant, who was secretary-general of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971, is such a book. [4]

THE MU RIVER VALLEY, Sagaing Region — Myanmar has a long and complicated history, full of footnotes that could take up whole chapters. [5]

Junta boss Min Aung Hlaing, who proclaims himself the protector of Buddhism in Myanmar, trampled on yet another core Buddhist value on Sunday when he handed over Mercedes and other vehicles to senior Buddhist monks at a ceremony in Yangon. [6]

The Myanmar junta is pressing ahead with a plan to reopen a disused oil refinery in Yangon’s Thanlyin Township, which a state-owned Indian company has expressed an interest in taking over. [7]

YANGON — Khin Myat Moe is a 4-year-old ethnic Palaung girl born in Nansang in northern Shan State. In January, her mother brought her to a Buddhist nunnery in Yangon’s Thanlyin Township. “She lost a lot of weight because of being homesick. [8]

Sources
[1] MM elevenmyanmar.com · 2025-10-07 · 65% match

Eleven Media Group Co., Ltd

A missing driver was found dead on the six-lane road in Thanlyin Township. It is reported that the driver had left his home on the afternoon of October 5 to work as a rental car driver and subsequently went missing.

[2] MM burma.irrawaddy.com · 2018-12-24 · 75% match

Set Aung, chairman of Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Management Committee, delivers remarks during the opening ceremony of the SEZ at Thanlyin township outside Yangon

Set Aung, chairman of Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Management Committee, delivers remarks during the opening ceremony of the SEZ at Thanlyin township outside Yangon September 23, 2015.

[3] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-12-26 · 33% match

Spring Revolution Daily News for 26 December 2025

The National Unity Government (NUG) - On Christmas, the Acting President of the NUG called for the Myanmar people to be free from the military dictatorship and to fully enjoy peace along with hope.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-12-17 · 30% match

Books: How U Thant made the great powers pay attention

Very often, biography shines a light on history at a time when its lessons are most needed. Thant Myint U's pacey biography of his grandfather U Thant, who was secretary-general of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971, is such a book.

[5] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-04-18 · 43% match

Forgotten, but Not Gone

THE MU RIVER VALLEY, Sagaing Region — Myanmar has a long and complicated history, full of footnotes that could take up whole chapters.

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2024-06-10 · 43% match

Myanmar Junta Boss Gifts Mercedes Cars to Senior Monks

Junta boss Min Aung Hlaing, who proclaims himself the protector of Buddhism in Myanmar, trampled on yet another core Buddhist value on Sunday when he handed over Mercedes and other vehicles to senior Buddhist monks at a ceremony in Yangon.

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2021-05-12 · 37% match

Amid Fuel Shortage Concerns, Myanmar Regime Plans to Reopen Old Yangon Oil Refinery

The Myanmar junta is pressing ahead with a plan to reopen a disused oil refinery in Yangon’s Thanlyin Township, which a state-owned Indian company has expressed an interest in taking over.

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2018-10-24 · 36% match

Young Palaung War Victims Flock to Yangon Nunneries for Education, Safety

YANGON — Khin Myat Moe is a 4-year-old ethnic Palaung girl born in Nansang in northern Shan State. In January, her mother brought her to a Buddhist nunnery in Yangon’s Thanlyin Township. “She lost a lot of weight because of being homesick.

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2018-02-23 · 36% match

Chiming with History

The Dhammazedi Bell, believed to be the world’s largest, has rested stubbornly at the bottom of the Yangon River since 1599.

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-05-17 · 36% match

A Murky Story

YANGON — “Multi-beam Echo Sounding Survey.” “3D Seismic Survey.” “GPR–Ground Penetrating Radar.” The language in an official method statement proposing the recovery of Myanmar’s famed Dhammazedi Bell owes everything to technology and science.

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