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Myanmar's National Ceasefire Agreement to End 68 Year Civil War Isn't All That National
After two years of negotiations, Myanmar's government signed a ceasefire agreement with eight local ethnic armed groups on Thursday morning, one of the nation's largest peace deals since it gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1948.
Ray Pagnucco and Jennifer Peters
10.15.15
Travel
No One Lives in Burma's Capital City
Welcome to Naypyidaw, the capital of Burma. In 2005, the country's military dictator moved the capital from Yangon (a.k.a. Rangoon) to Naypyidaw in a megalomaniacal fit. Eight years later, it's still pretty much empty.
Jack Gilbert, photos by James Woodhead and Andres
10.30.13
Travel
Burma's Most Decadent Zoo Is Full of Fake Animals
In 2012, while covering the Burmese elections in Rangoun, I took a train to the city the Burmese never really lived in, the new country's new capital Naypyidaw. As soon as I got there, I realized there wasn't much to do, and ended up passing the time...
Jérémy Suyker
5.4.13