History repeats itself: the fall of the Myanmar Military Dictators

History repeats itself: the fall of the Myanmar Military Dictators 30 April 1975 was the day that Saigon fell. And it fell because the government did not have its fingers on the pulse of the nation. 30 May 2008 may be the day that Senior General Than Shwe — and therefore SPDC as well — [...]

Criminal terrorist PM Samak praises Myanmar Junta

  Criminal terrorist Thai PM Samak praises Myanmar Junta (BangkokPost.com) – Mr Samak Sundaravej hailed his trip to Burma last Friday as a success when he spoke on his weekly television programme aired on Channel 11 on Sunday. The premier said he managed to talk to Burmese Prime Minister Thein Sein about several important issues [...]

What an utter disgrace!

What an utter disgrace! KAREN,   Selangor. Letter to the Star WE saw three Bangladeshis, in their early 20s, standing at our front gate. One was holding a rubbish bin trying to protect himself while the other two asked us for help because some boys were chasing and throwing stones at them and blocking their path.  [...]

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 Muslims requested the future leaders including the opposition leaders to grant the following Basic Human Rights

Burmese Muslims requested the future leaders of Burma including the opposition leaders to grant the following Basic Human Rights The following basic Human Rights should be granted to all the citizens including all the Muslims of Burma/Myanmar: Rights of unrestricted internal travel in the whole of Myanmar/Burma. Rights to travel abroad must be accepted by [...]

Asean embraces a rogue regime while inking a Charter for Big Business

Asean embraces a rogue regime while inking a Charter for Big Business By_Anilnetto So the Asean leaders have signed a Charter in the “wonderfully democratic nation of Singapore” in the company of leaders from Burma’s rogue regime. (Check out this excellent documentary “Burma’s Secret War”.) Each member nation now has to take the Charter back to [...]

The Golden days of the Great Mon Empire I

The Golden days of the Great Mon  Empire I References  Wikipedia Cambodia History Thailand History Mon Web pages Hariphunchai, Wikipedia  Bo Aung Din, Nan letters, Burma Digest Mon state Flag  The Mon are an ethnic group in Southeast Asia. They live in Mon State, historic lower Burma and the area around the southern Burmese-Thailand border. [...]

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 [...]

The Golden days of the Great Shan Empire VI

 The Golden days of the Great Shan Empire VI Country Profile  Size: Lies between 19 and 24 degrees latitude North, and Stretches from 96 to 101 degrees longitude East, covering approximately 64,000 square miles; shares boundaries with Burma, China, Laos, Thailand and the Karenni. Topography and Drainage: Bisected north to south by the Salween River, [...]

Burma’s FIRST PRESIDENT Sao Shwe Thaike’s support of Burmese Muslims

 Burma’s FIRST PRESIDENT Sao Shwe Thaike’s support of Burmese Muslims The Shan’s stand on the racial question is best described by Sao Shwe Thaike, who in his capacity as the Speaker of the Constituent Assembly, countered the objection that Muslims could not be considered as being indigenous by saying : “Muslims of the Arakan certainly [...]

The Golden days of the Great Shan Empire V

The Golden days of the Great Shan Empire V Shans around the world (Tai peoples)  The Tai or Tai-Kadai ethnicity The Tai or Tai-Kadai ethnicity refers collectively to the ethnic groups of southern China and Southeast Asia, stretching from_ Hainan to eastern India and from southern Sichuan to Laos, Thailand, and parts of Vietnam, which [...]

The Golden days of the Great Shan Empire IV

The Golden days of the Great Shan Empire IV The date 7th February 1947 is a defining moment in the record of the Shan history as a modern nation. On that day, Shan princes and the people’s representatives of the Shan States demonstrated their newfound unity to declare it a “national day” which were followed [...]

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. [...]

The Golden days of the Great Shan Empire II

The Golden days of the  Great Shan Empire II   Migration and Settlement of Tai Ethnic Groups Ethic Dong Shan in China Like many other ethnic peoples of Burma, the Shans or Tai once had their homeland in China. Shan Home land Some historians believe that the Tai people originally were from the north of [...]