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No worries! Two additions though. One, the mentions of Aung San Suu Kyi being responsible for the beginning of ethnic cleansings are a little ambiguous. It's unclear whether she actively took part in enabling them, or whether this was already the military rearing its head again; both is possible. Second, as for Myanmar being on the brink of civil war: There's already fighting going on for a little over half a year now, and there's militarized political groups opposing military rule and training in the woods. Technically, the only thing keeping this from being a civil war is the military saying that it isn't.
@@beckobert I could see that, still doesn’t change that either. I’m not sure myself if she was directly involved or if it was a separate military driven conflict though maybe should be looked into regardless.
@Zaydan Naufal Yea they were stalled apparently because of the grouping with North Macedonia which I really feel bad for them already having to change their name just to get vetoed anyway by Bulgaria. Veto’s are being abused in the EU now in my opinion from Turkey as well and those issues should have been dealt with prior or during the accession process, I would probs just invalidate their concerns because of its ridiculous timing😅. I watch TLDR also and Albania should join and I’m still wondering why the eastern states risk not having added security and with regard to Albanian news: 😂
I live there, and I have to say that it has only slightly gotten more populated after 10 years since I moved here. The number of cars has increased but it's only noticeable If you go to the city center like Myo Ma Zay or Thapyaygone market. The lack of traffic in the city has made people drive recklessly and it has led to a large number of accidents. In the past 3 months, I have heard about or seen 5-6 accidents, and most resulted in death because people were speeding. Also officially Nay Pyi taw has a population of 1 million but it's actually the total number of people in the whole Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory. The actual city of Nay Pyi Taw is only around 200 thousand. My parents were one of the first to move to the city around 2007-2008. When there was nothing but jungle and some roads. It was so remote that It had elephants and tigers.
I seriously would consider immigrating to a country that doesn't have tigers and other 2 tonne beasts lurking around every time I want to go "connect with the nature", I mean I'd be scared shitless to go to a tropical forest knowing that I might get ambushed by an apex predator thrice my weight and made up almost entirely of muscles and claws... so yeah good luck with that.
Planned capital cities are a weird phenomenon. They often make sense on paper for various countries but end up becoming the vanity projects of dictators. You can also see this in pre-existing cities that had large sections bulldozed to build monuments to their states’ supposed greatness, like Pyongyang and Ashgabat.
@Zaydan Naufal Good point if true. They didn’t exactly try to rebuild it the way it was before, though. They took the opportunity to make it a dystopian planned capital.
Also: wide streets make demonstrations and Coup d'états very hard to do. That's something the Soviets knew already and therefore they rebuild many cities with very wide streets. But people were told, that they needed those wide streets for military parades only.
@@lister740 same with many other reconstructions of capitals in the 1850s like Berlin where fountains and parks were constructed on the order of the cities police chief just so it's citizens would be more content
@@harsh_adukia It is not a surprising to see you Indians condoning genocide as you are in the process of doing your own. Those refugees are there because the genocide is happening in the first place. Also, Myanmar is allied with China remember that. When the time comes, the Myanmar border will be used against you.
@@dansouthlondon9873 Although Brasilia has a sizeable population, it was clearly built to distance the government from Rio de Janeiro which is the great cultural and intelectual center of the country along with São Paulo and where protests hapen.
@@miguelito4528 Well yeah - to decentralise - which isn't a bad thing. Brasilia was partially built as a showcase to see what a 'utopian' Brasil could look like, partially as a way of moving people from the coastal areas and partially for political reasons like you said - to suggest its *just* one of any of those is unfair. And, as much as I really love RJ, the corruption there is insane relative to the rest of the country where corruption is already insane. And the protests thing make no sense, when Brasilia is literally the place that people protest in, because that's where the government is.
Aung didn't start it. That was ALL the military. The reason Aung didn't say anything to stop it is because of the influence of the military. She had NO choice but to stay silent when it happened, and she had NO choice but to defend the military when in court about it. The military has THAT much power and will silence/kill anyone against them. It was either democracy or if she spoke out, back to a dictatorship...which the military ended up doing anyway in Feb 2021. Heck, that "brief break" was barely democratic, since half of the members of government were appointed by the military. Also, 0:39 is just his military service. Than Shwe was leader of the country (or of the State Peace and Development Council) from 1992 to 2011, not 1953.
@@UnstoppableEmpire The Presidential Office didn't have the power to judge the situation in Rakhine back then according to some senior journalists in Burma. Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Home Affairs is under the Military Leadership because of 2008 Constitution. Idk what Daw Aung San Su Kyi had in her mind back then. But knowing what kind of person she is, I'm pretty sure she would had made the right choice without the Military. The coup happened because Min Aung Hlaing was afraid to go to ICJ after his retirement. After Election, NLD Government was gonna change the 2008 Constitution that enables the Military to involve in Politics. Then, they could get rid of those war criminals.
I used to think that too but learning more about it, it's more like suu kyi openly defended the military's actions so her party could stay in good favor with the junta. (I'm not just speaking about the rohingya but every ethnic groups has a whole) Now when I say it like that, she doesn't sound so victimizable is she?
I feel that calling the Rohingya oppression "under the command of Aung San Suu Kyi" is missing the fact that when she was prime minister, she did not have full control of the country and the military. As evidenced by how the military then overthrew her.
Aung San Suu Kyi has never been responsible for the Rohingyan genocide. If any of you understands the Burmese political system, you'd know that she and her allies have always been ultimately powerless.
@@mdiqbalhossen8891 if she doesn’t then the coup will most likely have taken place a couple of years earlier, it was a tug of war between Aung San Sun Kyi and military and the civilian government had to find ways to gain the military favour enough to prevent a crackdown.
@@mdiqbalhossen8891 The Burmese government-in-exile which recognises Aung San Suu Kyi as the official leader of Myanmar announced last year that they want to reintegrate Rohingyas into Myanmar society and recognise them as one of the official indigenous ethnic groups of the country. The Burmese military are the only people who have vehemently discriminated against minorities, including Rohingyas.
Honestly Aung San Suu Kyi is the woman that we all respect. She support everything to country, trying to grow and change alot to country to be better. As a citizen
I'm from Brasilia the capital of Brazil. founded on april 21, 1960. today a city with 5 million people. modern with superior quality of life than the rest of Brazil. Over time, people begin to popularize the new city.
5 million is the total metro area population, Brasilia proper has far less people than that. And, as you know, the local economy relies heavily on the public service, since a lot of its residents are either civil servants or engaged in some government-related contracts. People working in other, low paying jobs, live mostly in the poor outskirts and commute to work in Brasilia. Hardly a success story.
@@sabrinarodrigues629That's how most capital cities work. At least in the case of Ecuador, Quito would be a very small city (the size of Cuenca) if it wasn't the capital. I suspect the same for Brasilia, althought you did have an original Brasilia before, it's called Goiánia...
A video on the North Korean and Myanmar relationship would be excellent ! This is such an underestimated topic and would be wonderful for explaining and educate on! Awesome video btw, you are doing an incredible job !
Only one thing Though Aung San SUU Kyi was sort of a figure... She is not in command of the military, defense and national security... The house itself is controlled by the military's veto power. We all felt upset only after we realized the fact that she gave a blind eye to all the crimes being done by the military and downplay it just for the sake of avoiding the possibility of military taking over the country by force and all the civilian deaths and civil wars that will definitely follow ...
@@arsyapermana1 every places in Myanmar is at war. War with Ethinc groups and People defense force against Myanmar Army. We are facing the biggest civil war ever in Myanmar. Urban or countrysides, all the places are full with skirmishes and battles. For myanmar dictator's army, they have to fight so many frontlines at all sides. I think the war will be longer because we don't have air support while the myanmar dictator's army is suppressing and bullying with their jet fighters and choppers. We need anti aircraft gun and missiles to destroy jets of myanmar air force. We don't need UN to take down the Myanmar army, We only need weapons. If UN sent weapons and equipments, we can easily that Naypyidaw fortress.
Obviously their govt is a bit... whacky, but it's so painful to see this kind of car dependent development continue. Especially those bits of housing cutting into the jungle is so bad for wildlife :(
as Indonesian, I disagree with you. Endangered animals will keep going, no matter the capial moved or not. If Myanmar is a democrazy, they will follow malaysia and indonesia step to plant palm oil. So, in my opinion, it's better to build a new capital instead, no matter what the geopolitical motive it is
@@strata1769 Even if Myanmar is democratic country, they will reconsider the capital. It's too south just like China's capital is too east. So, regardless the geopolitical motive, I support Myanmar new capital
I hope in the future my country's new capital replacing jakarta didn't become like this. It's sad that jakarta is sinking but government didn't take clear action to this problem, instead they just move the capital.
The sinking of Jakarta was decades in the making, an asphalt jungle not allowing water to seep back in, where they kept making more asphalt roads instead of trying to alleviate traffic through better public transport, and infrastructure and a water system that's overly reliant on the groundwater you don't allow back in
This is true, but I think there are other good reasons to move the capital as well. Like I've heard that because Java contains half of Indonesia's population there can be significant tension between Java and the rest of Indonesia. Moving the capital to Borneo would make it more centrally located and would be a symbol that the government is there to serve all Indonesians.
DASSK was to some degree complicit in the rohingya genocide but I feel like this video completely ignores the fact that her government was still so deeply controlled by the military, their capacity to veto bills in parliament, the high positions of the generals etc that she didn't have any power to stop them, and any attempt at wrestling that power off them would presumably end in a coup and then a future military government would make it even worse. This obviously happened now already but i think really should be noted. DASSK is not perfect by any means but is not a genocidal villain
Pardon m’y ignorance, but what does the D stand for in DASSK? Obviously the last four letters are Suu Kyi’s initials, but what does the D mean? Is it a title?
@@jaguar6414 D means "Daw". It's to address Miss or Ms in Burmese. Mostly used term for young and unmarried women is "Ma". Mister in Burmese is "U(Oo)". For young men, it's "Mg(Maung)".
Agreed! The video ignores that Suu Kyi nor the civilian government had any power to control or even influence the military, which is constitutionally shielded from civilian oversight. What resulted was a very tenuous power-sharing arrangement that ended with the February 2021 coup. Suu Kyi was not prime minister, she was a state counsellor, a de facto role that had no legal basis and was not well received by the military.
I'm from a country with a planned capital city (Brasil). The reasons to change the capital were to move away from the litoral area, that was more easy to attack. And to balance power from the largers states, so was desirable a more central location. No problema with those reasons. Planned capital cities that began from zero are more common that people realize. Brasilia, Canberra and Washington are a few examples. The criticism of "to be isolated from the people" was the same here. Now Brasilia, 60 years later, is the third major city in the country.
This video doesn't criticise planned cities in general, it's only pointing out the weird nature and origin of this particular one. Planned cities do have its charm and while I haven't seen many personally since we don't really have any good examples of new planned capitals in Europe, EUR district of Rome is one interesting example.
I feel bad for Aung San Suu Kyi, its unfair to say that she ordered the mass killings, the military acted on their own and all but forced her to stand behind them. And then they deposed her anyway on what is most likely trumped up charges.
@Ayaan K if she states any differently, she would be beheaded. I’ll take her words plainly when she is speaking freely… until then, I believe that whatever words come from her mouth are nothing more than recited scripts of the junta. Also, her history of defending the integrity and rights of religious and ethnic minorities in her country is unmatched by any other world leader. She sacrificed her last days with her dying husband to remain in a country she knew she needed to help.
Interesting fact... the British moved the Rohingya Muslims out of East Bengal into The Rakhine province of Burma. During the creation of India and Pakistan, the British offered the Rakhine province to Pakistan, which they refused and today we see the results.
Go to the history book and educate yourself. Stop saying nonsense. First, know Arakanese history, its relationship with Bangla Saltanat and Arab Marcent, and then when Burma occupied the Arakan kingdom.
@@mdiqbalhossen8891 The major change in population of the Rakhine Province, that is regarding the current issue, was done by the British when they occupied these areas. If we look to the Arakanese and Arakan kingdom, as you are saying, then Chittagong would technically be incorporated into Myanmar. The Rohingya issue that is the one we are seeing today is an issue created by the British, which involved Jinnah who, for better or worse, decided not to accept the province. Thanks to Bangladesh, for taking care of a lot of these Rohingya peoples and let's hope the continued development of Bangladesh and the need for labour allows them a place in the economy.
@@bronzremix There would have been Muslims that settled in Myanmar when the country was part of British India but Rakhine has its own Muslim community historically known as Arakanese Muslims. The Rohingyas are the Arakanese Muslims and during the time of the Arakan Kingdom, there was no issue between Rakhine Buddhists and Arakanese Muslims. Things began to break down when the Bamar invaded Arakan and absorbed it into their nation. Before that, Arakan was isolated from the rest of Myanmar by the Arakan Mountains and thus maintained close ties to Bengal and the rest of India. The British eventually created the framework for the Rohingya genocide during WW2 when the Rohingya sided with the British whereas the rest of the Burmese population sided with the Japanese who had invaded Myanmar. General Min Aung Hlaing, leader of the Burmese military, infamously said that his reason for targeting the Rohingyas in 2017 was to complete "unfinished business from WW2" (the unfinished business being the Rohingyas who he considers to be traitors).
though I forgot to subscribe for some reason a while back so don’t assume you already subbed but please do. This guy covers the juice that we don’t get to understand completely on a wide scale. I researched the Rohingya Genocide in school as well and glad this is making coverage since Myanmar isn’t necessarily a headline nation due to general lack of knowledge around it and it’s isolation probably enforces it. These conflicts are necessary to know when looking at other conflicts with similar characteristics to make better projections and predictions related to the intention.
The new capital city looks very expensive and Myanmar is one of the poorest countries in 2005. How did they afford this? Im guessing some other country (China?) helped pay for it
The only unique building is the Ministery of Foreign Affairs and that is because it was the ministry Aung San Su Kyi was in charge of so they expanded it.
All new artificial capitals in the world, even when under the hand of dictators like Brasilia (under Brazilian junta), Astana (under Nazarbayev), Yamoussoukro (under Houphouet-Boigny) or Ashgabat (under Niyazow), will probably be no match to this. The insaneness of these military junta leaders is beyond my knowledge.
Brasília was built by president Juscelino Kubitschek (JK), who was democratically elected president of Brazil. JK served as president of Brazil from January 1956 to January 1961. The construction of Brasília started in 1956. This city was innaugurated in 21st April 1960. The Brazilian dictatorship started in 1964.
It's like the Tatmadaw played Cities: Skylines for a few hours and then said "You know, I'm something of a civil engineer myself" To sum up the Rohingya conflict: Since the 70s the Rohingya have repeatedly been attacked by Buddhist nationalists supported by the military. In the 80s under a nationality law, they were denied citizenship. When the Rohingya finally fought back as the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army in 2016 and 2017 against border posts patrolled by the Burmese military, the military cracked down hard.
I also think people shouldn't overstate Aung Sun Su Kyi's role. It's pretty clear the campaign was a military one and she had very little control over the military's actions.
I think Egypt's new capital is similar to this. They say it's to avoid traffic jams, but the solution to that is to reduce car infestation and build good public transit. Tehran is famous for transit, and it does sex segregation, so it's not impossible for Muslim countries.
Cairo is ridiculously highly populated and it’s not the most economically secure country either. The new capital isn’t that far away from Cairo so I do buy the reasoning behind the move although I don’t know an awful lot about Egypt’s infrastructure
@@Solo-vh9fm it's even rubbisher than other Middle East infrastructure except for war-torn Iraq. But I think war-torn Syria may be better than peaceful Egypt in terms if infrastructure.
@@Solo-vh9fm Cairo has only twice as many people as London, or a third if Tokyo (which has as many as all of Canada). For density, Cairo has 3.3k people per km^2, Tokyo has 6.4k, and Tehran has 11.8k. Tehran is a much better place to live than Cairo for sure. Yeah, the problem with Cairo is the inequality. Egypt is home of the richest of the rich and the average Egyptian is the poorest of the poor. It's like Pharaonic times all over again.
@@Moses_VII You make it sound like as a cluster fuck like that should be socially acceptable all of those cities are overpopulated and the only reason Tokyo kind of makes it work it’s just a Japanese are capable of some common decency. Trains/buses anywhere else have smelly perverts and crack addicts and even Japan still has creeps on transit. That’s why NYC is America’s worst city nothing to do with cars, just too many people concrete and rats.
"Fun" fact : In NayPyiTaw, unless you're driving in empty areas(even for NayPyiTaw) you'll see these steep hills that are either on one side or on both sides of the road. And on top of some of those hills they have stationed guards so that any organized threat can be reported and neutralized immediately and the uphill position also gives them an advantage in combat. The guards try not to show themselves to you normally but they are there. If you're "lucky" enough you might even find them.
6:50 This version of our flag is incorrect, as the star and circle should be on the left side rather than in the middle. Similar to Costa Rica's. As great as it was to work with them, it's pretty clear which city is more well-designed when it comes to this and Pyongyang. Pyongyang was completely destroyed by US bombings during the war. And rising from the ashes of the war, my grandpa designed a new shining showcase city that a recovering nation could be proud of. I mean we built our metro before Seoul did...Naypyidaw doesn't even have one! And these houses really give suburban America a run for their money...don't get me started on those roads either, they look more like an afterthought than well thought-out like ours.
@@shinsenshogun900 - in LA, the camera crews would be in the way. Lol It’s actually designed with long straightaways for emergency landings, but LA does have them too, and I’ve personally witnessed the CHP clear a road for less. (Chasing down a fleeing car.)
I already expected that nay pyi taw is not meant to be accessible by the public, it''s meant to be stronghold for myanmar dictator in case of losing the civil war Also,I don't think junta would turn himself in even if the resistance surrounded them,he would properly run to CoCo island which according to the locals rumors there has sort of mobile military base by china.
First phase and second phase was done by the military. The military has total control over internal affairs as they have seats reserved for them. ASSK had to gamble between international acceptance or local support, if she spoke up, the coup would have happened sooner than later.
2:56 “brief break from military government”. Sort of. Military still controlled the government but they let others manage it. Kind of how Iran works but instead of military it’s the supreme leader.
Their architecture is whats seems really interesting on their cities, but other than that seems kinda dead. Feels more of a oversized theme park than a proper city.
Ironically if you put aside the alarmist tone of the piece, It's the same reason Canada moved its capital to Ottawa, btw... Less chance of an American invasion.. Otherwise you'd be visiting our parliament in Kingston, Ontario instead...
But without the dark autocratic overtones... Which are common in that part of the world to this day obviously... That's one Dark Tourism hotspot not on my bucket list...
This city is obviously designed with the intention of presenting itself as a very secluded, alienating, and unnavigable city for outsiders, so it's more inaccessible for people to reach government agencies or departments due to its long and wide streets, preventing the presence of any civil uprising or dissent. It's kind of nefarious to think about it tbh, how the junta would rather pour millions of dollars into constructing a city shielding them in a "City of the Kings" than actually diverting these funds for the betterment of its people.
Me and my family went on the road trip there in December 2018 and December 2019 and it was totally empty and deserted. Our cars were the only cars on the road.
They relocated Brazil’s capitol city, seems to have worked out for them. Brasilia functions more like a big office campus for the government, on the weekend everyone leaves and goes to Sao Paola or other organic cities.
Honest feedback: the half of the answer you wanted to answer is located at the east side of Nay Pyi Taw. FYI, I lived in Nay Pyi Taw, its fun to see it labeled at Ghost Town all over internet, but i would see that being true at the beginning around 2008 till 2011, in the past decades the city housed central government and legislature body as well so it is not as Ghost Town anymore seriously, ofc compared to Yangon, the population density is lower in Nay Pyi Taw but it is not a ghost town per say.
@@foxctocofxk8509 difference of opinion my dude, its okay that you disagree with my view but its shame that you think that everyone don't agree with your view supports the military. Learn to read.
@@foxctocofxk8509 well if it is sarcasm then i don't mind but its hard for some Burmese or Myanmar folks to stomach when it comes to topic of military and Myanmar combined.
I think of religious superstition. Having studied Southeast Asian nations myself, I found Myanmar interesting because the country is one of the most religious nations in the world, maybe far more than Thailand and India. Considering belief is an important pillar of Burmese life, I doubt if these Generals were not influenced by the astrologers.
Hell yeah! These Generals do whatever an astrologer or a monk says. There are plenty of cases of them doing many crazy rituals to avoid their misfortune.
I love my religion because the karma system we got working on here is really simple and makes our concious avoid doing generally bad things, thing is that it's too simple and most people here in myanmar are always acting they're in some ancient story book and have forgotten the complexity of each person.
is it really fair to blame aung san su kyi when the military holds seats in parliament, it is public knowledge that she had made multiple efforts to reduce the military's role in the government via constitutional amendments, the only reason she did not openly talk against the rohingya crisis was because real and permanent change required the military to sit at the negotiating table which would be impossible if she spoke out against them
The Rohinyas are a group of people that came from Bangladesh prior to WW2, they supported the British during the war and the Burmese were on the Japanese side. After the war ended, the Burmese wanted the Rohinyas to take a hike from the Rakhine state, they refused till this day. That's pretty much it.
The video thumbnail and title really caught my attention in this interesting ghost town, until I realise that it’s no other than my country’s Capital. I don’t even know why that government changed our capital from Yangon to Naypyitaw. Yangon was perfectly fine as it is
I think a nuance to the Aung San years of government are frequently considered figure head rule. Where the function of government and rule was never within her hands. She was the “front woman” for the continued military persecutions of minorities and her supportive comments to this act were to keep her from being over thrown by the government.
Many countries moved their capitals away from sea. It's a part of decolonization process. Pakistan to Islamabad, Cote'd'Ivoire to Yamussukro, Indonesia to some town deep in Borneo, Brazil to Brasilia and so on and so on.
For Indonesia's new capital, it's not that deep down in the middle of forest. It's near the coast of East Kalimantan, in between of 2 already big industrialized cities like Samarinda and Balikpapan. It's definitely not to isolate from people, but to decentralize the nation.
Myanmar’s former prime minister wasn’t directly responsible for the genocide, nor was in any command of it, she just defended the military when the case was taken to the international court of justice.
Indonesian here, and honestly i felt ignorant that i dont know about my neighbor country but, here we also planning to move our capital, and long before they announce the exact location, people start to hunting for land around Borneo for a high price even in literally 'middle of nowhere', people try to steal a start *the Borneo island is known as a jungle island as stereotype for people outside Borneo so, i think being in the middle of nowhere is not really an issue, probably its their government making it hard for civilians to live there, like the permission to built building, or having a land maybe ? if you are from Myanmar, maybe you can provide an answer to that
For a person who live in hill station, i envy the wide road and city planning where residence, marketing, gov residence & industrial area are in their own separate place. Call me paranoia but this seems great.
Turns out there were only talks to strip Aung san suu kyi of her Nobel peace prize, it didn't actually get revoked. I apologise for the mistake.
No worries!
Two additions though. One, the mentions of Aung San Suu Kyi being responsible for the beginning of ethnic cleansings are a little ambiguous. It's unclear whether she actively took part in enabling them, or whether this was already the military rearing its head again; both is possible.
Second, as for Myanmar being on the brink of civil war: There's already fighting going on for a little over half a year now, and there's militarized political groups opposing military rule and training in the woods. Technically, the only thing keeping this from being a civil war is the military saying that it isn't.
Should be though 😅
@@InferKnow there is a shockingly long line of Nobel peace prizes that should be revoked.
@@beckobert I could see that, still doesn’t change that either. I’m not sure myself if she was directly involved or if it was a separate military driven conflict though maybe should be looked into regardless.
@Zaydan Naufal Yea they were stalled apparently because of the grouping with North Macedonia which I really feel bad for them already having to change their name just to get vetoed anyway by Bulgaria. Veto’s are being abused in the EU now in my opinion from Turkey as well and those issues should have been dealt with prior or during the accession process, I would probs just invalidate their concerns because of its ridiculous timing😅. I watch TLDR also and Albania should join and I’m still wondering why the eastern states risk not having added security and with regard to Albanian news: 😂
Definitely wanna hear more about that NK / Myanmar relationship
Well they used Israeli made weapons to murder rohingyas. More like israeli apartheid regime+Burma dictatorship
Then search up Burma's Nuclear Ambitions on TH-cam.
I only known this from an topgear special anyone else?
@@Jayden-we2on what did they say to mention it
China's support of Myanmar is also consequential.
I live there, and I have to say that it has only slightly gotten more populated after 10 years since I moved here. The number of cars has increased but it's only noticeable If you go to the city center like Myo Ma Zay or Thapyaygone market. The lack of traffic in the city has made people drive recklessly and it has led to a large number of accidents. In the past 3 months, I have heard about or seen 5-6 accidents, and most resulted in death because people were speeding. Also officially Nay Pyi taw has a population of 1 million but it's actually the total number of people in the whole Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory. The actual city of Nay Pyi Taw is only around 200 thousand. My parents were one of the first to move to the city around 2007-2008. When there was nothing but jungle and some roads. It was so remote that It had elephants and tigers.
I seriously would consider immigrating to a country that doesn't have tigers and other 2 tonne beasts lurking around every time I want to go "connect with the nature", I mean I'd be scared shitless to go to a tropical forest knowing that I might get ambushed by an apex predator thrice my weight and made up almost entirely of muscles and claws... so yeah good luck with that.
It's sad that that habitat was lost for those animals. Elephants and tigers are endangered. Those massive roads are so unneccesary.
@@aaronwestley3239 the stuff here isn't nearly as bad as those 20 lane things
Ive been there, the roads were eerily empty. Now that i look at it, it definitely gives North Korea vibes.
@@sporgiii From what I have heard it was designed with the help of military engineers from North Korea, China, and Russia.
The literally top-down city planning here feels like a city-building game, right down to the color coded roofs
Planned capital cities are a weird phenomenon. They often make sense on paper for various countries but end up becoming the vanity projects of dictators. You can also see this in pre-existing cities that had large sections bulldozed to build monuments to their states’ supposed greatness, like Pyongyang and Ashgabat.
@Zaydan Naufal Good point if true. They didn’t exactly try to rebuild it the way it was before, though. They took the opportunity to make it a dystopian planned capital.
It's usually better when something grows organically!
Canberra is a whole different level
@@meowtherainbowx4163 Washington DC New delhi Canberra are successful though
Also: wide streets make demonstrations and Coup d'états very hard to do. That's something the Soviets knew already and therefore they rebuild many cities with very wide streets. But people were told, that they needed those wide streets for military parades only.
Yooo can some one explain this to me? Never would've thought about street's having something to do with coups or demonstrations
@@lil_vault_boy4201 it came from Haussmann's renovation of paris, which created wide boulevards that made it easier for troops to crush protestors
Is it because it makes it easier for vehicles to run people over?
@@lister740 same with many other reconstructions of capitals in the 1850s like Berlin where fountains and parks were constructed on the order of the cities police chief just so it's citizens would be more content
@@CiggyMan You mean less rebellious
Just wanted to applaud you for being willing to say “I don’t know enough about this to talk about it” on the internet. It’s a rare and welcome sight.
Yeah man, I was all up in arms about false information of Rohingya but then he accepted it and I was like, yeah. Rare sight indeed.
@@kevinshah_tv Don't sympathize with them , they have intruded India too and are now riotting in the Capital of New Delhi here too.
The ancient Islamic scholars said: Saying that you don't know something, is the half of your knowledge.
@@kevinshah_tv False information? I live in Bangladesh, the country right next to Myanmar and I can tell you the genocide is very real.
@@harsh_adukia It is not a surprising to see you Indians condoning genocide as you are in the process of doing your own. Those refugees are there because the genocide is happening in the first place. Also, Myanmar is allied with China remember that. When the time comes, the Myanmar border will be used against you.
And I thought Brasilia was a bad excuse to keep politicians away from the people. These guys truly won that prize.
Bybad excuse, it depends who you ask. I know a Brasilianense who loves Brasilia.
Shame the politicians a wankers though..
@@dansouthlondon9873 Although Brasilia has a sizeable population, it was clearly built to distance the government from Rio de Janeiro which is the great cultural and intelectual center of the country along with São Paulo and where protests hapen.
@@miguelito4528 Well yeah - to decentralise - which isn't a bad thing.
Brasilia was partially built as a showcase to see what a 'utopian' Brasil could look like, partially as a way of moving people from the coastal areas and partially for political reasons like you said - to suggest its *just* one of any of those is unfair.
And, as much as I really love RJ, the corruption there is insane relative to the rest of the country where corruption is already insane.
And the protests thing make no sense, when Brasilia is literally the place that people protest in, because that's where the government is.
@@dansouthlondon9873 Saw pics of some buildings in Brasilia. I like the aesthetics of it.
@@nunyabiznes33 the car based planning is horrible tho
Imagine living in a country where your dictator built a city literally named "Seat of the King". We, Myanmar citizens live in 21st century monarchy.
@@Paonporteur not all hope has been lost yet
@@Paonporteur you know not everyone of us can do that right? Our opportunities as young students have already been wasted why risk it even further
It's not that bad as you said
Yes it is
@@Paonporteur Our country didn't fail us, our military failed us. What kind of military kill and torture their civilians for fun.
Aung didn't start it. That was ALL the military. The reason Aung didn't say anything to stop it is because of the influence of the military. She had NO choice but to stay silent when it happened, and she had NO choice but to defend the military when in court about it. The military has THAT much power and will silence/kill anyone against them. It was either democracy or if she spoke out, back to a dictatorship...which the military ended up doing anyway in Feb 2021. Heck, that "brief break" was barely democratic, since half of the members of government were appointed by the military.
Also, 0:39 is just his military service. Than Shwe was leader of the country (or of the State Peace and Development Council) from 1992 to 2011, not 1953.
You again!
True. People who think that Suu Kyi ever had a real chance to prevent it clearly doesn't understand how the Burmese government works.
So she didnt condemn the genocide yet got punished in the end anyways
@@UnstoppableEmpire The Presidential Office didn't have the power to judge the situation in Rakhine back then according to some senior journalists in Burma. Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Home Affairs is under the Military Leadership because of 2008 Constitution. Idk what Daw Aung San Su Kyi had in her mind back then. But knowing what kind of person she is, I'm pretty sure she would had made the right choice without the Military. The coup happened because Min Aung Hlaing was afraid to go to ICJ after his retirement. After Election, NLD Government was gonna change the 2008 Constitution that enables the Military to involve in Politics. Then, they could get rid of those war criminals.
I used to think that too but learning more about it, it's more like suu kyi openly defended the military's actions so her party could stay in good favor with the junta. (I'm not just speaking about the rohingya but every ethnic groups has a whole)
Now when I say it like that, she doesn't sound so victimizable is she?
I feel that calling the Rohingya oppression "under the command of Aung San Suu Kyi" is missing the fact that when she was prime minister, she did not have full control of the country and the military. As evidenced by how the military then overthrew her.
She did deny atrocities and refused any investigations into it. They clearly knew and chose to cover for the Military
Aung San Suu Kyi has never been responsible for the Rohingyan genocide. If any of you understands the Burmese political system, you'd know that she and her allies have always been ultimately powerless.
THANK GOD SOMEONE ELSE SEES THIS TOO IVE BEEN SAYING THIS ALL ALONG
Then why does she support the malitary in-home and abroad by denying their responsibility for genocide?
@@mdiqbalhossen8891 if she doesn’t then the coup will most likely have taken place a couple of years earlier, it was a tug of war between Aung San Sun Kyi and military and the civilian government had to find ways to gain the military favour enough to prevent a crackdown.
@@mdiqbalhossen8891 The Burmese government-in-exile which recognises Aung San Suu Kyi as the official leader of Myanmar announced last year that they want to reintegrate Rohingyas into Myanmar society and recognise them as one of the official indigenous ethnic groups of the country. The Burmese military are the only people who have vehemently discriminated against minorities, including Rohingyas.
Honestly Aung San Suu Kyi is the woman that we all respect. She support everything to country, trying to grow and change alot to country to be better. As a citizen
I'm from Brasilia the capital of Brazil. founded on april 21, 1960. today a city with 5 million people. modern with superior quality of life than the rest of Brazil. Over time, people begin to popularize the new city.
5 million is the total metro area population, Brasilia proper has far less people than that. And, as you know, the local economy relies heavily on the public service, since a lot of its residents are either civil servants or engaged in some government-related contracts. People working in other, low paying jobs, live mostly in the poor outskirts and commute to work in Brasilia. Hardly a success story.
@@sabrinarodrigues629That's how most capital cities work. At least in the case of Ecuador, Quito would be a very small city (the size of Cuenca) if it wasn't the capital. I suspect the same for Brasilia, althought you did have an original Brasilia before, it's called Goiánia...
So nice to see you grow, I follow this channel since it had only 10K and even then Id say what a great channel it must have more subs! Keep going!
A video on the North Korean and Myanmar relationship would be excellent ! This is such an underestimated topic and would be wonderful for explaining and educate on!
Awesome video btw, you are doing an incredible job !
Only one thing
Though Aung San SUU Kyi was sort of a figure... She is not in command of the military, defense and national security... The house itself is controlled by the military's veto power.
We all felt upset only after we realized the fact that she gave a blind eye to all the crimes being done by the military and downplay it just for the sake of avoiding the possibility of military taking over the country by force and all the civilian deaths and civil wars that will definitely follow ...
How the situation now?
Plus 25% members of parliment is from military
@@arsyapermana1 every places in Myanmar is at war. War with Ethinc groups and People defense force against Myanmar Army. We are facing the biggest civil war ever in Myanmar. Urban or countrysides, all the places are full with skirmishes and battles. For myanmar dictator's army, they have to fight so many frontlines at all sides. I think the war will be longer because we don't have air support while the myanmar dictator's army is suppressing and bullying with their jet fighters and choppers. We need anti aircraft gun and missiles to destroy jets of myanmar air force. We don't need UN to take down the Myanmar army, We only need weapons. If UN sent weapons and equipments, we can easily that Naypyidaw fortress.
Thank you for your "I'm currently not informed enough to talk about this". Wen need more honesty like this in medias!
Obviously their govt is a bit... whacky, but it's so painful to see this kind of car dependent development continue. Especially those bits of housing cutting into the jungle is so bad for wildlife :(
as Indonesian, I disagree with you. Endangered animals will keep going, no matter the capial moved or not. If Myanmar is a democrazy, they will follow malaysia and indonesia step to plant palm oil. So, in my opinion, it's better to build a new capital instead, no matter what the geopolitical motive it is
bruh😭 he talks about rohingya genocide and ur feelin bad cause the city's car dependent 😭😭
@@shaheer_04 the main point of the video was city design though... But fair point on your part.
@@hafizhradhitya4861 I'm sure but also consider further future habitat loss from the new capital's suburbs. Least loss as possible is ideal.
@@strata1769 Even if Myanmar is democratic country, they will reconsider the capital. It's too south just like China's capital is too east. So, regardless the geopolitical motive, I support Myanmar new capital
I hope in the future my country's new capital replacing jakarta didn't become like this. It's sad that jakarta is sinking but government didn't take clear action to this problem, instead they just move the capital.
The sinking of Jakarta was decades in the making, an asphalt jungle not allowing water to seep back in, where they kept making more asphalt roads instead of trying to alleviate traffic through better public transport, and infrastructure and a water system that's overly reliant on the groundwater you don't allow back in
This is true, but I think there are other good reasons to move the capital as well. Like I've heard that because Java contains half of Indonesia's population there can be significant tension between Java and the rest of Indonesia. Moving the capital to Borneo would make it more centrally located and would be a symbol that the government is there to serve all Indonesians.
Congratulations 🎉 Indonesia on new capital. Pakistan built new capital Islamabad in 1960s
DASSK was to some degree complicit in the rohingya genocide but I feel like this video completely ignores the fact that her government was still so deeply controlled by the military, their capacity to veto bills in parliament, the high positions of the generals etc that she didn't have any power to stop them, and any attempt at wrestling that power off them would presumably end in a coup and then a future military government would make it even worse. This obviously happened now already but i think really should be noted. DASSK is not perfect by any means but is not a genocidal villain
Pardon m’y ignorance, but what does the D stand for in DASSK? Obviously the last four letters are Suu Kyi’s initials, but what does the D mean? Is it a title?
@@jaguar6414 D means "Daw". It's to address Miss or Ms in Burmese. Mostly used term for young and unmarried women is "Ma". Mister in Burmese is "U(Oo)". For young men, it's "Mg(Maung)".
@@heobi-sama2758 thank you!
Agreed! The video ignores that Suu Kyi nor the civilian government had any power to control or even influence the military, which is constitutionally shielded from civilian oversight. What resulted was a very tenuous power-sharing arrangement that ended with the February 2021 coup. Suu Kyi was not prime minister, she was a state counsellor, a de facto role that had no legal basis and was not well received by the military.
I'm from a country with a planned capital city (Brasil). The reasons to change the capital were to move away from the litoral area, that was more easy to attack. And to balance power from the largers states, so was desirable a more central location. No problema with those reasons. Planned capital cities that began from zero are more common that people realize. Brasilia, Canberra and Washington are a few examples.
The criticism of "to be isolated from the people" was the same here. Now Brasilia, 60 years later, is the third major city in the country.
This video doesn't criticise planned cities in general, it's only pointing out the weird nature and origin of this particular one.
Planned cities do have its charm and while I haven't seen many personally since we don't really have any good examples of new planned capitals in Europe, EUR district of Rome is one interesting example.
That's interesting. I assumed Brasilia was still a small - by Brazil's standards - city. But Google tells me that it's third largest, as you say!
@@nhrahat188 Brazil had a military government from 1964 to 1985
@@nhrahat188 They did from the 60s to the 80s....let me guess, you support Bolsonaro?
Got to say it, but Canberra is a waste of some perfectly good sheep paddocks.
Right away, I knew this was about Myanmar new capital without watching the video!
Didn't you saw thumbnail
It could have been Egypt, they have the same project actually.
Top Gear?
Great video and very entertaining to Watch!👏🏻
I feel bad for Aung San Suu Kyi, its unfair to say that she ordered the mass killings, the military acted on their own and all but forced her to stand behind them. And then they deposed her anyway on what is most likely trumped up charges.
Then why did she say that she stands behind her actions even after the coup?
@@singularityraptor4022 bruh, isnt she rotting away in a political prison rn? she was probably coerced into saying she supported the coup
@@singularityraptor4022 that implies you believe anything the Tatmadaw say about her
I think it's for the better. At least now we know their real faces and intentions and act upon them, rather than seeing a fake democratic facade.
@Ayaan K if she states any differently, she would be beheaded. I’ll take her words plainly when she is speaking freely… until then, I believe that whatever words come from her mouth are nothing more than recited scripts of the junta. Also, her history of defending the integrity and rights of religious and ethnic minorities in her country is unmatched by any other world leader. She sacrificed her last days with her dying husband to remain in a country she knew she needed to help.
Interesting fact... the British moved the Rohingya Muslims out of East Bengal into The Rakhine province of Burma. During the creation of India and Pakistan, the British offered the Rakhine province to Pakistan, which they refused and today we see the results.
Better to keep them there as a foothold I guess.
Where did you get that info? You sure Rakhine was offered to Jinnah?
Go to the history book and educate yourself. Stop saying nonsense. First, know Arakanese history, its relationship with Bangla Saltanat and Arab Marcent, and then when Burma occupied the Arakan kingdom.
@@mdiqbalhossen8891
The major change in population of the Rakhine Province, that is regarding the current issue, was done by the British when they occupied these areas.
If we look to the Arakanese and Arakan kingdom, as you are saying, then Chittagong would technically be incorporated into Myanmar.
The Rohingya issue that is the one we are seeing today is an issue created by the British, which involved Jinnah who, for better or worse, decided not to accept the province.
Thanks to Bangladesh, for taking care of a lot of these Rohingya peoples and let's hope the continued development of Bangladesh and the need for labour allows them a place in the economy.
@@bronzremix There would have been Muslims that settled in Myanmar when the country was part of British India but Rakhine has its own Muslim community historically known as Arakanese Muslims. The Rohingyas are the Arakanese Muslims and during the time of the Arakan Kingdom, there was no issue between Rakhine Buddhists and Arakanese Muslims. Things began to break down when the Bamar invaded Arakan and absorbed it into their nation. Before that, Arakan was isolated from the rest of Myanmar by the Arakan Mountains and thus maintained close ties to Bengal and the rest of India. The British eventually created the framework for the Rohingya genocide during WW2 when the Rohingya sided with the British whereas the rest of the Burmese population sided with the Japanese who had invaded Myanmar. General Min Aung Hlaing, leader of the Burmese military, infamously said that his reason for targeting the Rohingyas in 2017 was to complete "unfinished business from WW2" (the unfinished business being the Rohingyas who he considers to be traitors).
Great video, man!
though I forgot to subscribe for some reason a while back so don’t assume you already subbed but please do. This guy covers the juice that we don’t get to understand completely on a wide scale. I researched the Rohingya Genocide in school as well and glad this is making coverage since Myanmar isn’t necessarily a headline nation due to general lack of knowledge around it and it’s isolation probably enforces it. These conflicts are necessary to know when looking at other conflicts with similar characteristics to make better projections and predictions related to the intention.
The new capital city looks very expensive and Myanmar is one of the poorest countries in 2005. How did they afford this? Im guessing some other country (China?) helped pay for it
that's a good question
Dictatorships use the money they have on building ghost cities instead of helping the people.
@@Sudupe16 but where did they get this much money?
Myanmar is rich in natural resources, especially jade and natural gas what China wants
Poor thing is only for the people,the generals live like they’re some kind of royals.And nay pyi daw was mainly designed for them so.
5:29 lack of creativity 🤣🤣
I know because I'm from Myanmar
The only unique building is the Ministery of Foreign Affairs and that is because it was the ministry Aung San Su Kyi was in charge of so they expanded it.
I said the same too lol
All new artificial capitals in the world, even when under the hand of dictators like Brasilia (under Brazilian junta), Astana (under Nazarbayev), Yamoussoukro (under Houphouet-Boigny) or Ashgabat (under Niyazow), will probably be no match to this. The insaneness of these military junta leaders is beyond my knowledge.
Brasília was built by president Juscelino Kubitschek (JK), who was democratically elected president of Brazil.
JK served as president of Brazil from January 1956 to January 1961.
The construction of Brasília started in 1956.
This city was innaugurated in 21st April 1960.
The Brazilian dictatorship started in 1964.
Astana, Brazilia are actually successful
It's like the Tatmadaw played Cities: Skylines for a few hours and then said "You know, I'm something of a civil engineer myself"
To sum up the Rohingya conflict: Since the 70s the Rohingya have repeatedly been attacked by Buddhist nationalists supported by the military. In the 80s under a nationality law, they were denied citizenship. When the Rohingya finally fought back as the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army in 2016 and 2017 against border posts patrolled by the Burmese military, the military cracked down hard.
I also think people shouldn't overstate Aung Sun Su Kyi's role. It's pretty clear the campaign was a military one and she had very little control over the military's actions.
I love is channel, easily one of my favorites
I think Egypt's new capital is similar to this. They say it's to avoid traffic jams, but the solution to that is to reduce car infestation and build good public transit. Tehran is famous for transit, and it does sex segregation, so it's not impossible for Muslim countries.
Cairo is ridiculously highly populated and it’s not the most economically secure country either. The new capital isn’t that far away from Cairo so I do buy the reasoning behind the move although I don’t know an awful lot about Egypt’s infrastructure
@@Solo-vh9fm it's even rubbisher than other Middle East infrastructure except for war-torn Iraq. But I think war-torn Syria may be better than peaceful Egypt in terms if infrastructure.
@@Solo-vh9fm Cairo has only twice as many people as London, or a third if Tokyo (which has as many as all of Canada).
For density, Cairo has 3.3k people per km^2, Tokyo has 6.4k, and Tehran has 11.8k. Tehran is a much better place to live than Cairo for sure.
Yeah, the problem with Cairo is the inequality. Egypt is home of the richest of the rich and the average Egyptian is the poorest of the poor. It's like Pharaonic times all over again.
@@Moses_VII You make it sound like as a cluster fuck like that should be socially acceptable all of those cities are overpopulated and the only reason Tokyo kind of makes it work it’s just a Japanese are capable of some common decency. Trains/buses anywhere else have smelly perverts and crack addicts and even Japan still has creeps on transit. That’s why NYC is America’s worst city nothing to do with cars, just too many people concrete and rats.
I remember top gear visited this city during the special
"Fun" fact : In NayPyiTaw, unless you're driving in empty areas(even for NayPyiTaw) you'll see these steep hills that are either on one side or on both sides of the road. And on top of some of those hills they have stationed guards so that any organized threat can be reported and neutralized immediately and the uphill position also gives them an advantage in combat. The guards try not to show themselves to you normally but they are there. If you're "lucky" enough you might even find them.
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I remember cycling past here on my round the world cycle. It was amazing to see the 10 lane roads with nobody about.
Love the use of (my) Tenso font(s)! And great video btw.
You're telling me that you are the creator of Tenso fonts?!
I just checked and you indeed are! I'm officially starstruck
@@OBFYT Makes two of us ;) So nice to see if my fonts are put to good use. Keep up the great work please!
@@exljbris I will, and you too! ;)
6:50 This version of our flag is incorrect, as the star and circle should be on the left side rather than in the middle. Similar to Costa Rica's.
As great as it was to work with them, it's pretty clear which city is more well-designed when it comes to this and Pyongyang. Pyongyang was completely destroyed by US bombings during the war. And rising from the ashes of the war, my grandpa designed a new shining showcase city that a recovering nation could be proud of. I mean we built our metro before Seoul did...Naypyidaw doesn't even have one! And these houses really give suburban America a run for their money...don't get me started on those roads either, they look more like an afterthought than well thought-out like ours.
Thank you for your insight great leader
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Hello, Kim.
thank u brother very informative
Roads doubling as runways is not so crazy. The US Interstate system is also designed that way.
Imagine calling an emergency airborne hitchhike...
In Los Angeles of all places during their rush hours
@@shinsenshogun900 - in LA, the camera crews would be in the way. Lol
It’s actually designed with long straightaways for emergency landings, but LA does have them too, and I’ve personally witnessed the CHP clear a road for less. (Chasing down a fleeing car.)
The Top Gear episode here was absolutely brilliant
Who wants the Myanmar and Noth Korea video?
Hey, how do you find topics for writing your videos? I find them super interesting but I would never find this information without you. Thanks
I already expected that nay pyi taw is not meant to be accessible by the public, it''s meant to be stronghold for myanmar dictator in case of losing the civil war
Also,I don't think junta would turn himself in even if the resistance surrounded them,he would properly run to CoCo island which according to the locals rumors there has sort of mobile military base by china.
First phase and second phase was done by the military. The military has total control over internal affairs as they have seats reserved for them. ASSK had to gamble between international acceptance or local support, if she spoke up, the coup would have happened sooner than later.
"Why would you leave a big city located near the ocean that gives ease of access for people and goods to move freely?"
Nigeria: coughs
DEFINITELY wanna know more about Myanmar and N Korea! Thanks!
2:56 “brief break from military government”. Sort of. Military still controlled the government but they let others manage it. Kind of how Iran works but instead of military it’s the supreme leader.
similar to pakistan
Architecture (especially that in capitals) is always so fascinatingly bizarre in non-democratic nations
Their architecture is whats seems really interesting on their cities, but other than that seems kinda dead.
Feels more of a oversized theme park than a proper city.
Ironically if you put aside the alarmist tone of the piece, It's the same reason Canada moved its capital to Ottawa, btw... Less chance of an American invasion.. Otherwise you'd be visiting our parliament in Kingston, Ontario instead...
But without the dark autocratic overtones... Which are common in that part of the world to this day obviously... That's one Dark Tourism hotspot not on my bucket list...
Although I live in myanmar, I never knew about the relation between north korea and Myanmar. Definitely want to hear about it
This city is obviously designed with the intention of presenting itself as a very secluded, alienating, and unnavigable city for outsiders, so it's more inaccessible for people to reach government agencies or departments due to its long and wide streets, preventing the presence of any civil uprising or dissent. It's kind of nefarious to think about it tbh, how the junta would rather pour millions of dollars into constructing a city shielding them in a "City of the Kings" than actually diverting these funds for the betterment of its people.
The American car addict’s dream.
"let me know if you want to see that"
I want to see that, please make a video on it :)
Wow didn't know that much , I come from Himalayan state in india but my grandfather was born in yangoon or as we call it Rangoon , hope people are ok
Hearing it described, it sounds more like a fort than a city.
Legit
Brazil moved its capital from a big city near the ocean to a more central city. It's not that impossible to imagine.
Yes! Let's see the discussion on North Korean-Burmese Relations!
This city is a guest house for Kim Jong Un vacations.
Nice Video!
Me and my family went on the road trip there in December 2018 and December 2019 and it was totally empty and deserted. Our cars were the only cars on the road.
They relocated Brazil’s capitol city, seems to have worked out for them. Brasilia functions more like a big office campus for the government, on the weekend everyone leaves and goes to Sao Paola or other organic cities.
I know why, but I still watch it because I like your videos lol
Honest feedback: the half of the answer you wanted to answer is located at the east side of Nay Pyi Taw. FYI, I lived in Nay Pyi Taw, its fun to see it labeled at Ghost Town all over internet, but i would see that being true at the beginning around 2008 till 2011, in the past decades the city housed central government and legislature body as well so it is not as Ghost Town anymore seriously, ofc compared to Yangon, the population density is lower in Nay Pyi Taw but it is not a ghost town per say.
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@@foxctocofxk8509 difference of opinion my dude, its okay that you disagree with my view but its shame that you think that everyone don't agree with your view supports the military. Learn to read.
@@kyawzin i know myanmar is a conservative country but do you know about jokes?
@@foxctocofxk8509 well if it is sarcasm then i don't mind but its hard for some Burmese or Myanmar folks to stomach when it comes to topic of military and Myanmar combined.
i live in yangon and i dont see why nay pyi taw is still a capital. it just feels like yangon should be the capital.
This anti-people sprawl kind is reminiscent of the USA's spawl
I think of religious superstition. Having studied Southeast Asian nations myself, I found Myanmar interesting because the country is one of the most religious nations in the world, maybe far more than Thailand and India. Considering belief is an important pillar of Burmese life, I doubt if these Generals were not influenced by the astrologers.
Hell yeah! These Generals do whatever an astrologer or a monk says. There are plenty of cases of them doing many crazy rituals to avoid their misfortune.
I love my religion because the karma system we got working on here is really simple and makes our concious avoid doing generally bad things, thing is that it's too simple and most people here in myanmar are always acting they're in some ancient story book and have forgotten the complexity of each person.
More videos like this please.
Interesting video :-)
At least the commute time is pretty short so that's a plus
0:30 THAT ROAD
Couldn’t get over that pronunciation of Naypyidaw hahah!
I was waiting for that workout video with the coup in the background to feature in the video. It didn't. 😩
But anyway, 🇲🇲🤝🇰🇵 video please!
is it really fair to blame aung san su kyi when the military holds seats in parliament, it is public knowledge that she had made multiple efforts to reduce the military's role in the government via constitutional amendments, the only reason she did not openly talk against the rohingya crisis was because real and permanent change required the military to sit at the negotiating table which would be impossible if she spoke out against them
The Rohinyas are a group of people that came from Bangladesh prior to WW2, they supported the British during the war and the Burmese were on the Japanese side. After the war ended, the Burmese wanted the Rohinyas to take a hike from the Rakhine state, they refused till this day. That's pretty much it.
Of course we need that
Yes! I want to see the video about the connection between Myanmar and North Korea.
thanks for making a video abt our country. we r mostly neglected a year into the coup
i am from Myanmar!
and i appreciate this
It's litteraly modern day forbidden palace
4:10 Credit to this guy for giving us a proper example of how to talk about something we're not too well informed about.
The video thumbnail and title really caught my attention in this interesting ghost town, until I realise that it’s no other than my country’s Capital. I don’t even know why that government changed our capital from Yangon to Naypyitaw. Yangon was perfectly fine as it is
Bad traffic is possible, even if its not super dense.
Is it possible to do a video of cities that formed non organicly that succeeded?
Or do you know of one such city, because I am very interested.
I can think a couple of the top of my head. Washington, Ontario, La plata, Belo Horizonte, Latina, Navi Mumbai. But most are failures.
@@francogiobbimontesanti3826 Thank you
I would really appreciate the videos in 60fps too
I think a nuance to the Aung San years of government are frequently considered figure head rule. Where the function of government and rule was never within her hands. She was the “front woman” for the continued military persecutions of minorities and her supportive comments to this act were to keep her from being over thrown by the government.
7:45 There were so many ghost cities build as an expression of rules will, since Fatehpur Sikri at least.
As soon as he said Myanmar my stomach just sank..
Actually the military has reserved seats in their parliament since from their independence
Nice video.
Egypt seems to be doing something similar with a new capital city built away from Cairo, I wonder if the motivations are similar as well.
Many countries moved their capitals away from sea. It's a part of decolonization process. Pakistan to Islamabad, Cote'd'Ivoire to Yamussukro, Indonesia to some town deep in Borneo, Brazil to Brasilia and so on and so on.
For Indonesia's new capital, it's not that deep down in the middle of forest. It's near the coast of East Kalimantan, in between of 2 already big industrialized cities like Samarinda and Balikpapan.
It's definitely not to isolate from people, but to decentralize the nation.
Myanmar’s former prime minister wasn’t directly responsible for the genocide, nor was in any command of it, she just defended the military when the case was taken to the international court of justice.
It didn’t become a ghost town. They literally started building the city in the middle of nowhere. It never was very populated.
Indonesian here, and honestly i felt ignorant that i dont know about my neighbor country
but, here we also planning to move our capital, and long before they announce the exact location, people start to hunting for land around Borneo for a high price even in literally 'middle of nowhere', people try to steal a start
*the Borneo island is known as a jungle island as stereotype for people outside Borneo
so, i think being in the middle of nowhere is not really an issue, probably its their government making it hard for civilians to live there, like the permission to built building, or having a land
maybe ?
if you are from Myanmar, maybe you can provide an answer to that
Nice video
At 0:29 you can see what appears to be a 20 lane road ending at a T intersection.
Wow. I just... wow.
and a 90-degree one too, with like two lanes each
Where is the shopping zone?
Where do people go to buy their daily or weekly needs like groceries?
For a person who live in hill station, i envy the wide road and city planning where residence, marketing, gov residence & industrial area are in their own separate place.
Call me paranoia but this seems great.
Even though I'm from Thailand, I had never heard about all of these before.
We need more vids on Myanmar
Thank you
I live in there, so quiet and peaceful ..