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A Bittersweet Independence Day for the Union of Burma
Where: Myanmar
January 4, 2009 at 12:11 PM |
by Victor Ozols
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Here's a little Southeast Asian history for you on this Sunday. Today marks the 61st anniversary of the creation of the Union of Burma. After 120 years of colonial rule, the nation cast off its bonds to the United Kingdom on January 4, 1948, and it has never looked back. Sadly, the hope for freedom that was stoked in the hearts of many Burmese people that day has been reduced to ember over the past few decades, as the nation has been ruled by military juntas since 1962 that routinely stifle any hint of free speech and political dissent.
