“Opinion | Wooing the Myanmarese Generals”, First Post, July 13, 2023:

“A conservative assessment of the situation in Myanmar suggests that democracy is not returning to the “Land of Jade” in a hurry. Perspective planning is, therefore, of the opinion that a careful study of the country in turmoil be undertaken.

For instance, if a survey of the history of the relationship between Myanmar and North Korea is ever undertaken, then it would appear that the association between the two in the past has been anything but rosy. There were no diplomatic relations during the years that followed Myanmar’s independence from Britain in 1948, and indeed Myanmar even endorsed the UN Security Council’s declaration of July 1950 terming North Korea as the aggressor during the Korean War.

But with the ouster of independent Myanmar’s first prime minister, U Nu in a military putsch in March 1962, full diplomatic relations were established with North Korea, and with Gen Ne Win in the seat of governance in Yangon after the coup-d’etat, the refrain in the region was that both the countries were engaged in a “common anti-imperialist and anti-colonial struggle……”

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