Sunday, August 4, 2019

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine


The Day Dictator Ne Win Won Asia’s Nobel Prize

Posted: 03 Aug 2019 07:00 PM PDT

Fifty-nine years ago today, the ruthless military dictator Ne Win was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award. He refused it, believing it to be a tool of the American CIA.