The Yangon University of Economics is the finest university of economics and business in Myanmar. Founded as the Section of Economics of Yangon University in 1924, the section became an independent university of higher learning in 1964. The University offers undergraduate and graduate degrees and dipl...
An opening ceremony held in the Burmese city of Yangon on January 29 marked activation of the above-ground crude pipeline. It travels from the Andaman port ofKyaukpyu, through the Chinese border town ofRuiliand on to Anning just west of Kunming. The inauguration was attended by Liao Yongyuan...
Thailand 1 Bureau of Non Communicable Diseases, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health 2 Address for correspondence: Associate Professor Kulaya Narksawat Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University 420/1 Rajvithi Road, Ratchathawee Bangkok 10400 Thailand Tel: 66203548563 Fax: 66203354...
Now, opium, methamphetamines, and other drugs from the Golden Triangle are once again flooding regional and global markets. In just the past two months alone, 26mn methamphetamine tablets were seized in Yangon, Myanmar and 1.5 tons of marijuana packed into coffee shipments from Laos were seized ...
Professor of History, University of California, Los Angeles. Author ofA New History of Indiaand others. Stanley A. Wolpert Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of expe...
(1852) had left the kingdom of Ava (Upper Burma; see Alaungpaya dynasty) independent of British India, and, under the rule of King Mindon (1853–78), who built his capital at Mandalay, steamers bringing British residents and private traders up the Irrawaddy River from Rangoon (Yangon) ...
The number of MSM is estimated at 240,000, mostly in Yangon and Mandalay, with an overall HIV prevalence of 7.8% (Mandalay 9%, Yangon 5%), with more than 81% using a condom at last sex. As for FSW, we observe the same decreasing trend over the past five years. Importantly, the ...