Posted in Old Misellaneous on Jul 23rd, 2006 No Comments »
By Raluca Enescu
Great ideas come when you least expect them. It all started one year ago, when the students in my class, at National College “Spiru Haret†of Bucharest, have been assigned to write a short project concerning a river of our choice. At that time, as I had just finished writing my History project [...]
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Don’t worry dear SPDC Generals, Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar’s declaration: _
“The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) will not continue to defend the Burmese military government if it continues to be reluctant to release Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and take new democratic stepsâ€.
_ is just a ritual firing of blanks to [...]
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Jul 23rd, 2006 No Comments »
In “Martyrs & Martyrdom†article in last week’s BURMA DIGEST, Dr. Sein Myint asked: _
“Since Bogyoke Aung San was assassinated and departed well before Burma’s Independent, it is rather difficult to imagine what he actually would do or likely to do in the post-Independent Burma political scenes. But if he has been still alive, what [...]
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Jul 23rd, 2006 No Comments »
We come from the Northwest
somewhere in a distant history
Whether our land then occupied
or we occupied here
Didn’t cross a sea but along the rivers:
Maenam, Salween and Irrawaddy
Mountains, plains and a lot of teaks;
Perhaps, we left the fertile North
for more fertile sea
Whether then a sea was there
but now with us here
We’ve loved our paddy,
praised with tales and [...]
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Jul 23rd, 2006 No Comments »
A conference for strategic consultation between Members of Parliament Union, the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma, the National Council of the Union of Burma, the Women’s League of Burma, and [...]
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A demonstration against India Government was held by Burmese and Arakan people in front of India Embassy in Netherlands.
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Jul 23rd, 2006 No Comments »
Twelfth Annual Rakhaing Thingyan was held in New York on Sunday, July 16th 2006, 11am – 4pm. There were traditional Burmese food bazaar, dancing, water play, raffles, etc…
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Jul 23rd, 2006 No Comments »
A Burmese school for new generation Burmese children was opened in Denmark.Â
                 It was opened on July 19 in honour of Burmese Martyr Day, in Bramming, Denmark.
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Jul 23rd, 2006 No Comments »
A ceremony was held on 19th July. 2006 in Bangkok. Thailand to mark Burmese Martyrs Day. It was organized by William Chit Sein and arranged by ONSOB & RPLCÂ
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Jul 18th, 2006 No Comments »
In struggles for national independence, political assassinations of imperialists or colonialists are often motivated by a strong desire for freedom and a sense of self-sacrifice. In power politics, the drive for privilege and prerogatives that come along with a palatable position in an office has blinded some politicians to secretly plot the murder of their [...]
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Jul 18th, 2006 1 Comment »
Historically, a martyr is a person who dies for their convictions or religious faith, such as during the persecution of early Christians in the Roman Empire. Sometimes the term is applied to those who use violence, such as dying for a nation’s glory during wartime (usually known under other names such as “fallen warriors”). The [...]
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Jul 18th, 2006 No Comments »
This week Burmese language articles are as followed:
For Bogyoke Aung San – Editorial: Dr. Tayza
Days are numbered now – Feature Article: Lwin Aung Soe
Interview with Colonel Khun Okkar – Interview by Nay Thwin
Journey to Victory, part 2 – Feature Article: Khin Ma Ma Myo
SDDC is worthless – Translated Article: Tun Aung
Karen Rivers – Special Report: [...]
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Jul 18th, 2006 No Comments »
(Col. Khun Okkar is General Secretary of the National Democratic Front, NDF)
_ interview conducted by Ko Nay Thwin
_ translated into English by Ko Nay Yu
[...]
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Burma is a country of peace-loving and naturally humble people in South East Asia.
After its Independence from British Empire, British style parliamentary democracy survived in Burma for only a decade. In 1958, the first military regime annexed power from civilian government.
Although military regimes carried out multi-party general elections in 1960 and 1990, military generals just [...]
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Jul 18th, 2006 No Comments »
In downtown Mae Sot, there is a small exhibition hall hosted by a group of expatriates from Burma which should be a must-see on any traveller’s guide book. I had read about this hall from an internet article and Nic Dunlop, the famous photographer, took me there. A young lady called Aye Aye Moe, a [...]
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I hereby wish to dig into the roots of many ills in the Myanmar Tatmadaw Generals’ sphere of thinking, action and expectation. We hope that the Military leaders could see the truth and have enough wisdom to get out of the political quagmire in our beloved country.
Up to now, Myanmar Military Junta’s stubborn pride still [...]
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Jul 18th, 2006 No Comments »
I would say there is still a problem about it_ please allow me to present it the way I see it.
First of all, it is natural for any political regime that is totalitarian_ so, by definition, illegitimate_ to enshrine through propaganda, as so-called “values” whatever they might find useful for maintaining themselves in power. A [...]
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Jul 18th, 2006 2 Comments »
(Quotes from Bogyoke Aung San’s biography written by Daw Suu)
My father was a child of his times who grew into a man for all time. He combined a traditional upbringing with a British colonial education. Influenced by socialist ideas, he was a student revolutionary who plunged into the anti-imperialist movement which galvanized Asia before World [...]