ASEAN LEADERS ARE BARKING AT THE WRONG TREE WITH THE WRONG CAUSE AND WRONG OBJECTIVE

ASEAN LEADERS ARE BARKING AT THE WRONG TREE  WITH THE WRONG CAUSE AND WRONG OBJECTIVE   ASEAN leaders are complaining about the convenient way to solve the Rohingya problem. But for the Rohingyas or Burmese Muslims or Christian Chins/Karens/Kachins and Buddhist Mons/Shans/Burmese etc AND the NLDS  and political opponents and armed rebel groups_ Whether the SPDC would accept [...]

STOP HATRED, STOP TRYING TO DIVIDE; FOR A LONG LASTING PEACE, PROGRESS, AND PROSPERITY

 

Asean’s day dream or nightmare

Asean’s day dream or nightmare Malaysiakini’s article by Josh Hong  Extracts only At an academic conference some years ago in Seoul, South Korea, Chua Beng Huat, a sociology professor at the National University of Singapore, remarked that Asean as a regional grouping had achieved nothing over the last few decades.

Deafening silence from Malaysia regarding Myanmar Cyclone?

Deafening silence from Malaysia regarding Myanmar Cyclone?   First of all I wish to apologize if I am wrong.   If Malaysian Government had already sent the condolence note to Myanmar, I am sorry for writing this.   If Malaysian Government, GLCs (government Linked companies), NST, TV3, NTV7, RTM and NGOs (esp. government affiliated) had [...]

COMING LETHAL FORTH POLITICAL TSUNAMI

  COMING LETHAL FORTH POLITICAL TSUNAMI Modified and edited the original comment written by AB Sulaiman and letter in Malaysiakini. I have edited and adapted to the Myanmar context from the original article. I hope that  AB Sulaiman and Malaysiakini could understand and forgive us for this. They should even be proud that they could contribute [...]

Don’t cry for me grandpa, Minister Mentor

Don’t cry for me grandpa, Minister Mentor    There is a Burmese saying_ “Kyaw poo dar_khan naing thee Naar poo dar_ma khan naing”. Most of the peaple could bear the heat on the back of the body (prefer to work hard even under the sun) but could not stand the (heat/ pressure) in the ears [...]

Burmese Chinese

  Burmese Chinese The Burmese Chinese or Chinese Burmese are a group of overseas Chinese born or raised in Burma (Myanmar). Although the Chinese officially make up three percent of the population, this figure may be underestimated because of _ intermarriage between them and the ethnic Bamar, and because of widespread discrimination against minorities (which [...]

The Golden days of the Great Shan Empire VII

The Golden days of the Great Shan Empire VII Detention of Ethnic Shan and other opposition Leaders Read detail in Irrawaddy, “Detained Ethnic Leaders Denied Outside Medical Aid” By Shah Paung on January 8, 2008 Detained ethnic Shan leaders are being denied medical treatment from outside for serious health problems, according to the Shan National [...]

Sr. General Than Shwe is the thief

Sr. General Than Shwe is the thief of time Procrastination Procrastination is a type of avoidance behaviour which is characterised by deferment of actions or tasks to a later time. Psychologists often cite procrastination as a mechanism for coping with the anxiety associated with starting or completing any task or decision. For the person procrastinating [...]

The Golden days of the Great Shan Empire III

The Golden days of the  Great Shan Empire III To make it easy for the busy readers who could not give much time to read, I have prepared another version in notes form  below_  Shan (also known as Tai) lived independently up north round about 650 B.C. in China at the lower part of the Yangtze River. [...]

Don’t Cry for Myanmar, Burma

Don’t Cry for Myanmar, Burma  English: Don’t Cry for Myanmar, Burma Spanish: No llores por Myanmar, Burma Icelandic: Gráttu mig Myanmar, Burma  Hungarian: Miért kell, hogy sírj, Burma  Dutch: Huil niet om Myanmar, Burma Danish: Græd ikke for Myanmar, Burma  French: Ne pleure pas pour Myanmar, Burma German: Wein’ nicht um Myanmar, Burma  Portuguese: Não [...]

Factors that influenced the evolution of Burma Part VIII

Factors that influenced the evolution of Burma Part VIII Shans Shan (also known as  Tai) lived independently up north round about 650 B.C. in China at the lower part of the Yangtze River. 1. Shan’s (also known as Tai) migrated down through the present day Yunnan and desended further down into our  Burma and settled in the Shan Plateau. 2. A large [...]

Counting the Disguised Blessings

Counting the Disguised Blessings Please may you kindly allow me to present some quotations related to this article’s theme because former Prime Minister of Britain, Sir Winston Churchill had said: “The quotations when engraved upon the memory give good thoughts. They also make you anxious to read the authors and look for more.” Failure  ”It is hard [...]

Factors that influenced the evolution of Burma Part V

Factors that influenced the evolution of Burma Part V Mon Early History of Burma_ Humans lived in the region that is now Burma as early as 11,000 years ago, but the first identifiable civilisation is that of the Pyu although both Burman and Mon tradition claim that the fabled Suvarnabhumi mentioned in ancient Pali and Sanskrit [...]