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The 1983 Rangoon bombing was an assassination attempt against then-South Korean President, Chun Doo-hwan, allegedly orchestrated by North Korea.
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RANGOON: Thousands of cheering supporters have swarmed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as the democracy icon took her historic campaign for a parliament seat to the southern constituency she hopes to represent for the first time. - Aung San Suu Kyi kicks off by-election campaign
Rangoon - Burma's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday launched her campaign for a seat in the April 1 by-election, which is seen as a litmus test for the new government's reforms. ... - Burma's 'Saffron Revolution' leader detained within weeks of release
Rangoon, Feb 11 (ANI): Burmese authorities have detained a young monk who helped organise the "Saffron Revolution", a 2007 anti-government uprising led by Buddhist monks against the former-ruling junta, weeks after being released in a prisoner amnesty deal. - Doubts remain about regime's nuclear secrets
RANGOON: Passengers coming and going at Burma's main international airport have had an intriguing sight in recent weeks: MiG-29 fighters streaking in tight formation at low level the length of the runway, before zooming up with the rumble of their engines arriving seconds later. - Aung San Suu Kyi's Improbable Campaign
The main opposition leader in Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, is campaigning for a seat in parliament in her constituency outside Rangoon. It's a scene that seemed impossible only a few months ago, before the military-backed government began a process of change. Host Rachel Martin speaks with NPR's Anthony Kuhn from Rangoon. - Burma: Economists, generals and culture vultures
On February 11th, three notable economists, including Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz, will give lectures in Rangoon. In my previous piece I mentioned that both Ronald Findlay and Hla Myint were born in Burma, and as states scholars before World War II and in the democratic period immediately after Independence from Great Britain, studied at Massachusetts - Army in retreat but still wary to guard its flanks
The military remains a powerful yet secretive force, writes Hamish McDonald in Rangoon. - Business English: Western investors target Burma
Rangoon's hotels are now full of foreign delegations keen to explore the nation's potential - The rapper of Rangoon
FOR Zayar Thaw, the leap from hip-hop to politics is not a big one. - Tractors may have replaced horses, but country is still decades behind
RANGOON: Last September Burma's economic planners came up with an ingenious scheme to lower the value of the national currency, the kyat, which had pushed up to a level hurting exports, such as beans and rice, and discouraging investment in garments and textiles.
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