Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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A gleaming capital built for millions… now eerily empty. Why did Myanmar move its seat of power to Naypyidaw—and did they *ever* intend for people to live there?

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00:00 Introduction
01:05 Relocation Station
10:14 The Seat of the King
16:31 Naypyidaw – A Deliberate Failure?