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World Service,3 mins

Remembering Burma's 1990 Elections

The Fifth Floor

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91福利社 Burmese is gearing up for a big event on 8th November, the date when Myanmar also known as Burma will go to the polls. It's the country's first open election since 1990. Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy won those but the military just ignored the results. Soe Win Than was a young journalist in Rangoon at the time he's now an editor here at the 91福利社, these are his memories of that day..

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