Burma has become a black-hole of chaos and corruptions under SPDC miliary rule.
Merchants and consumers both struggled Friday to cope with rising prices of goods and services in the wake of the military government’s surprise nine-fold increase in the price of gasoline. The government holds a monopoly on the distribution of […]

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by Shwe Bo Thar

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Poem by Min Ko Naing
This is a new feature to present about “the life behind bars” of political prisoners in Burma. 

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Stereotypes Originally uploaded by burmadigest.
Stereotypes by Kyaw Thet

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By Dr Tint Swe
As you all are aware Daw Suu will completer almost 10 calendar years under house-arrest. My calculation shows:
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s days under house arrest
·         20-7-1989: Placed her under house arrest
·         10-7-1995: Releases from house arrest
[(1989 = (12+31+30+31+30+31) = 165) + […]

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FallenLeaves2 Originally uploaded by burmadigest.
Fallen Leaves Part 2 By Shwe Bo Thar.

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By Cinzia Maserati
I made 5 trips, in 3 years, to Burma .
On my last visit in july 05, I never could buy ice cream…not for expiry date problem…just because electricity problem_ where is not a problem is just a dream. Electricity supply was too frequently cut off to keep ice-cream […]

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By Maung Patamya
I wrote this article for over 100,000 Burmese ethnics displaced people who are living in camps along the Thai-Burma border and praying for peace to go back to their homeland. And I wrote this article to release over 1,000 Burmese dissident who are living miserably in prisons through out Burma […]

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ViewOnBurma-LwinAungSoe,
originally uploaded by burmadigest.
Views On Burma by Lwin Aung Soe

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Latepyar New
Rule (1) Remember,surfing on the net is a capital crime..anyone caught on the net will be punished to the harshest extent of the law!!
Rule (2) “Freedom of speech, voting rights, religious freedom, labor rights and all that other good stuff”..dosen’t apply to burmese citizens.
Rule (3) Thau shall not commit murders & other acts […]

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What Are They Saying, originally uploaded by burmadigest.
Special Article “What Are They Saying” By Lwin Aung Soe.

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Rarity of Pronouns, originally uploaded by burmadigest.
Special Article “Rarity of Pronouns” By Shwe Bo Thar

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GreatExpectation, originally uploaded by burmadigest.
Special Artical - “Great Expectations” By Shwe Bo Thar

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Military Regime’s Elections,
originally uploaded by burmadigest.
“Military Regime’s Elections” By Nyunt Baung

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Tsunami,
originally uploaded by burmadigest.
“Tsunami”, Weekly Burmese language article by Shwe Bo Thar

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Dear friends,How are you all?Please kind accept warm invitations from Burma Digest_“We’d like to know your views and opinions and any interesting stories concerned with our country, our people ( both Burmese & non-burmese ethnic people), human rights and humanitarian affairs in our country, ect.
You can compose your articles, poems, stories, jokes etc either in […]

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“Unity Among Leaders “, originally uploaded by burmadigest.
By Ko Aung Hti & Ko Aung Si

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winterthoughts1 Originally uploaded by burmadigest.
By Shwe Bo Thar
This is a beautiful, an excellent wording and a very thoughtful article on how the author feel about winter and related concept of current happening around the globe.

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