IN THE NEWS
A selection of articles on U Thant House, mentions and news footage from U Thant House activities.
2020
ဦးသန့် (၁၁၁)နှစ်မြောက် မွေးနေ့အထိမ်းအမှတ် အောက်မေ့ဖွယ်ပြုလုပ်
The Standard Time Daily, January 20 2020
https://www.facebook.com/standardtimedaily/photos/a.600164050095553/2444811505630789/?type=3&theater
(၁၁၁) နှစ်ပြည့် ဦးသန့် မွေးနေ့အခမ်းအနား ကျင်းပ
One News, January 18 2020
https://www.onenewsmyanmar.com/news/9190
Meeting the post-virus challenge
Myanmar Times, June 01 2020
Myanmar needs to reimagine its economic future
Frontier Myanmar, August 11 2020
https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/myanmar-needs-to-reimagine-its-economic-future/
Myanmar should use COVID crisis to end 30 years of crony capitalism
Nikkei Asia, October 20 2020
https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Myanmar-should-use-COVID-crisis-to-end-30-years-of-crony-capitalism
2019
ဗိုလ်ချုပ်အောင်ဆန်းနဲ့ ဦးသန့်အကြောင်းပါလာတဲ့ Grade 3 သင်ရိုးသစ်
The Irrawaddy - Burmese Edition, May 27 2019
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1699869043647965
U Thant House offers special exhibit and lessons
Myanmar Times, February 15 2019
ဦးသန့်၏ (၁၁၀)နှစ်မြောက်မွေးနေ့ အောက်မေ့ဖွယ် အထိမ်းအမှတ် အခမ်းအနား
MRTV YouTube Channel, January 28 2019
ဦးသန့်၏ (၁၁၀)နှစ်မြောက်မွေးနေ့ အောက်မေ့ဖွယ် အထိမ်းအမှတ် အခမ်းအနားကိုရန်ကုန်မြို့ရှိဦးသန့်နေအိမ်တွင် ကျင်းပ
Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV), January 28, 2019
ကုလသမဂ္ဂ အတွင်းဝန်ချုပ်ဟောင်း ဦးသန့်ရဲ့ စာရေးဆရာဘဝ
BBC Myanmar, January 21 2019
2018
China-Myanmar Economic Corridor Seminar
Myanmar International Radio, May 28, 2018
http://www.miradio.com.mm/news/china-myanmar-economic-corridor-seminar
New documentary shines light on life and legacy of U Thant
Myanmar Times, January 30, 2018
https://www.mmtimes.com/news/new-documentary-shines-light-life-and-legacy-u-thant.html
ကုလသမဂ္ဂ အထွေထွေအတွင်းရေးမှူးချုပ်ဟောင်း ဦးသန့် ၏ ၁၀၉ နှစ်ပြည့် မွေးနေ့
Mizzima, January 28, 2018
ဦးသန့်၏ ၁၀၉ နှစ်ပြည့်မွေးနေ့ အောက်မေ့ဖွယ်ဟောပြောပွဲ ကျင်းပDVB, January 28, 2018
http://burmese.dvb.no/archives/250707
Commemoration of the late UN Secretary-General U Thant’s 109th birthday
Irrawaddy, January 29, 2018
https://www.facebook.com/theirrawaddy/posts/1903730016338513
ဦးသန့်(၁၀၉)နှစ်ပြည့်မွေးနေ့အထိမ်းအမှတ် အောက်မေ့ဖွယ်အထိမ်းအမှတ်ဟောပြောပွဲကျင်းပ
Skynet, January 29, 2018
https://www.facebook.com/skynetcnb/videos/1914614842186386/
Recalling Former UN Sect-Gen’s Legacy and Development
Irrawaddy, January 19 2018
https://www.irrawaddy.com/in-person/recalling-former-un-sect-gens-legacy-development.html
U Thant’s house opens to public
Eleven, January 23, 2018
http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/local/13244
U Thant House opens for his birthday
7 Day TV, January 23, 2018
http://burmeseclassic.mobi/play_fnews.php?id=5325
2017
President U Htin Kyaw visits U Thant Museum
January 22, 2017
www.president-office.gov.mm/en/?q=briefing- room/news/2017/01/23/id-7183
U Thant remembered in celebration
Myanmar Times, January 24, 2017
https://www.mmtimes.com/lifestyle/24669-u- thant-remembered- in-celebration.html
For the next long weekend, choose Yangon!
Hindustan Times, July 1, 2017
http://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/for-the- next-long- weekend-choose- yangon/story-
iGiCrVMsrJOTfHivzcxTEO.html
15 Museums in Southeast Asia worth visiting in your lifetime
Marie France Asia, May 26, 2017
http://www.mariefranceasia.com/travel/now-or- never/destinations/15-museums- southeast-asia-
253680.html#item=1
U Thant House
Lonely Planet, 2017
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/myanmar-burma/yangon/attractions/u- thant-house/a/poi-
sig/1543125/357104
2016
Bringing Home the King
Frontier Myanmar, December 16 2016
https://frontiermyanmar.net/en/bringing-home- the-king
Amitav Ghosh delivers lecture at U Thant House
Ministry of Information, January 25, 2016
www.moi.gov.mm/moi:eng/?q=news/25/01/2016/id-6303
The Original Museums of Yangon: U Thant’s House
Myanmore, July 4, 2016
https://www.myanmore.com/yangon/2016/07/the-original- museums-of- yangon/
One day in Yangon, and Shwedagon Pagoda is a must
Myanmar Times, November 18, 2016
https://www.mmtimes.com/special-features/229- travel-2016/23776- one-day- in-yangon- and-shwedagon-
pagoda-is- a-must.html
At Home with History
Myanmar Times, January 8, 2016
https://www.mmtimes.com/lifestyle/18404-at- home-with- history.html
2015
Walking around U Thant’s former house in Yangon
Coconuts, December 22, 2015
https://coconuts.co/yangon/features/walking-around- u-thants- former-house- yangon/
New Life to Old Buildings with Renovations
Myanmar Times, August 14, 2015
https://www.mmtimes.com/business/property-news/16007- new-life- to-old- building-with- renovations.html
U Thant’s Life – 3-day exhibition
MRTV English Channel, February 27, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY7TOINbq70
Former UNSG U Thant's Museum Opens in Yangon
RFA Burmese, February 27, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5GPWb-qrLI
2014
39 Years Later, Family Remembers Late UN Chief U Thant, Refurnishing His Great Role
Kamayut Media, October 26, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flJadyO65dk
“One World” Peace Pillar at U Thant Museum
RFA Burmese, April 07, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_1JVym-itQ
A peace monument is built at U Thant house in Yangon
MRTV, April 5, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BlEtPpb4no
Remembering a man of Peace: The daughter of former UN Secretary General U Thant turns the old
family home into a museum
The Nation, March 24, 2014
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/life/Remembering-a- man-of- peace-30229790.html
One World: Vision of 3rd UNSG U Thant
MITV, February 3, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCv-qD_7JRI
2013
At U Thant’s Rangoon Home, an Exhibit to Inspire
Irrawaddy News, December 23, 2013
https://www.irrawaddy.com/multimedia-burma/photo- essay/u-thants- rangoon-home- exhibit-inspire.html
International Students Visit U Thant's Museum for Peace Day in Rangoon
Kamayut Media, September 20, 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13jgoq97seM
A museum entirely dedicated to share U Thant's life and works is now under renovation
MRTV Webportal, August 10, 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMGxXEWycY0
U Thant House opens for photo exhibition
Myanmar Times, April 22, 2013
https://www.mmtimes.com/lifestyle/6492-u- thant-house- opens-for- photo-exhibition.html
U Thant’s home opens as a museum
Mizzima News, April 8, 2013.
http://archive-1.mizzima.com/culture/life/9196- u-thant- s-home- opens-as- a-museum
Myanmar Needs to Understand of U Thant's Efforts for Democratic Transition
Kamayut Media, April 07, 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2WRKf0EEGc
U Thant Home to Turn Museum in March, Renovation Underway
Kamayut Media, February 16, 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38gRprx5FYA
U Thant Memorial Museum
RFA, January 28, 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_yqAJaJr8A