YANGON: With the laying of a wreath at a faraway grave, the last king of Myanmar finally won public recognition after more than a century hidden from view by the country’s former colonial masters and military junta.
The sombre ceremony for King Thibaw in Ratnigiri, western India was a watershed moment for Myanmar as it forges a new sense of national identity under its first elected government in a generation.
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