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Eventually the war turned against the Japanese. When all seemed lost, Burmese patriots made overtures to underground British forces who later granted immunity from postwar prosecution. INDEPENDENCE Independence was granted to the Burmese at exactly PAGE 3 4:40 a.m. on January 4, 1948 - an auspicious hour Population | Time | Visas chosen by Burmese astrologers. It was a painful and Insurance | History chaotic birth. The charismatic Ang San quickly took PAGE 4-5 control by eliminating his rivals and expelling History | Language communists from the Executive Council. He was then murdered by gunmen hired by a Burmese right-wing PAGE 6 politician. Shocked and in disarray, the Burmese Climate government named U Nu as his successor. What PAGE 7 followed was near-complete economic and political The Land collapse. The countryside erupted into warfare as the PAGE 8 communists, Karens, and dissident followers of Aung People | Safety & Crime San declared war against the newly formed Burmese government. In an attempt to appease the warring PAGE 9 ethnic groups pressing for independence, U Nu Currency | Credit Cards Changing Money | Tipping established separate and semi-autonomous states for the various minorities. But warfare and banditry PAGE 10 continued. Religion | Etiquette PAGE 11 In 1962 General Ne Win led a coup d'etat against the Communications democratic government of U Nu. Ne Win's military Health & Vaccinations dictatorship succeeded in slowing the open revolution but at a high cost. The constitution was PAGE 12 LANGUAGE Food| Shopping | Customs suspended, censorship was imposed, and all industry was nationalized. Ne Win harbored some bizarre Burmese is the national language, which has been PAGE 13-14 beliefs and his superstitious convictions were influenced by Pali and English. It is a tonal language Culture & The Arts | Religion legendary. He believed in yeedaya chay, the old similar to Thai or Chinese. Burmese theory that fate can be outwitted by prompt action. On one occasion, he ordered the introduction COMMON PHRASES in BURMESE of bank notes in denominations of 45 and 90 kyat on the grounds that they were divisible by 9, and English Burmese therefore were his lucky numbers. When his chief Hello Min ga la ba astrologer pronounced that the left side was unlucky How are you? Nei Kaon la? and that he should "move the country more to the Thank you Kyeizu tin ba de right', he directed that traffic should immediately You're welcome Y aba de change to driving on the right side of the road. Goodbye Thwa dau me Please Kyeizu pyu yue Myanmar's current prime minister is Than Shwe I'm sorry Saw-re-be (October 21, 2010 - Present), a member of Myanmar's What is your name? Kamya ye na mee ba le? Military/Union Solidarity and Development party. Yes Ho de No Ma ho bu My name is ____. Kya nau na mee __ ba Where is the toilet? Ain-ta beh ma leh? Water Yei athe