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t. e. The Irrawaddy ( Burmese: ဧရာဝတီ; MLCTS: ei: ra wa. ti) is a news website by the Irrawaddy Publishing Group (IPG), founded in 1990 [1] by Burmese exiles living in Thailand. From its inception, The Irrawaddy has taken an independent stance on Burmese politics. As a publication produced by former Burmese activists who fled ...
Aung Zaw, ( c. 1968), is a Burmese journalist, editor, and founder of major publishing media The Irrawaddy. He was jailed and tortured at the age of 20, then covertly escaped his home country after he began protesting the governments socialist military regime during the 8888 Uprising. [1] His news magazine reported on event later during the ...
The Irrawaddy River ( Burmese: ဧရာဝတီမြစ်, pronounced [ʔèjàwədì mjɪʔ], official romanisation: Ayeyarwady [5] [note 1]) is the largest river in Myanmar. Originating from the confluence of the N'mai and Mali rivers, [7] it flows from north to south before emptying through the Irrawaddy Delta in the Ayeyarwady Region ...
The Battle of Pakokku and Irrawaddy River operations were a series of battles fought between the British Indian Army and the Imperial Japanese Army and allied forces over the successful Allied Burma campaign on the China Burma India Theater during World War II. The battles and operations were instrumental in facilitating the eventual capture of ...
The Arakan Army ( Rakhine: ရက္ခိုင့်တပ်တော် ), officially the Arakha Army ( Rakhine: အာရက္ခတပ်တော်, romanized: Araka Tatdaw; [20] abbreviated AA) is an ethnic armed organisation based in Rakhine State ( Arakan ). Founded on 10 April 2009, the AA is the military wing of the United League ...
The Irrawaddy Delta or Ayeyarwady Delta lies in the Irrawaddy Division, the lowest expanse of land in Myanmar that fans out from the limit of tidal influence at Myan Aung to the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea, 290 kilometres (180 mi) to the south at the mouth of the Ayeyarwady River. [1] The delta region is densely populated, and plays a ...
The Boeing 777-300ER was about 10 hours into its flight and midway through meal service when it hit turbulence while flying over Myanmar’s Irrawaddy Basin, according to the airline.
Irrawaddy Bridge was built by the Public Works of the Ministry of Construction. It has total span of 5,614 feet (1,711 m) long and has a four-lane motorway of 49 feet (15 m) width with pedestrian lanes of 6 feet (1.8 m) wide on the flanks.