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In Myanmar, Pair of Protest Activists Share Common Goal: Root Out Dictatorship Ko Tayzar San (left) and Ko Wai Moe Naing (right). 8.1k At a first glance, the differences between them are noticeable. While one is bespectacled and slim, looking more like a school teacher, the other weighs 260 lbs. and has the air of a jolly guy. When it comes to their anti-regime activism, however, there are no differences at all between them. The vision of both men, like others in the country today, is crystal ...

| For the first time, Pandaw is offering two 14-day Myanmar cruises along the entire Chindwin River from Monywa to Nagaland in 2021. The extended itineraries aboard the 10-cabin Zawgyi Pandaw combine the companys standard seven-night Nagaland itinerary with the seven-night Chindwin expedition. The cruises will sail Irrawaddys main tributary, which is only accessible with ultralow-draft vessels, through remote villages and dramatic gorges with excursions that explore the ancient Nagaland region,...

Text Size: A+ The history of the airfields in Manipur and the Second World War is inextricably linked. If it weren’t for the several airfields built in northeast India by the British, the unprecedented Japanese offensive in 1944 would have altered our history. Of the nine  airfields in Manipur, the Imphal Main was the British bulwark against the Japanese siege of Manipur during the Battle of Imphal/Kohima. Today, it is a key part of Manipuri collective memory. Which is why when the Manip...