Posted in Editorials & Op/Eds on Mar 17th, 2010 No Comments »
Htun Aung Gyaw
The Burmese xenophobic general finally announced the election commission law 1/2010 and political party registration law 2/2010, which people have been waiting for since 2008. But after examining the content of the laws, it shows dim hope for real change.
In the commission law, the commission members have six [...]
Posted in Editorials & Op/Eds on Jan 31st, 2010 No Comments »
by – Htun Aung Gyaw
We do not accept the 2010 election sponsored by the Burmese regime because we have a strong reason to believe that it will not give freedom and liberty to our people including the soldiers who are working under the generals’ command. Every one knows that 2008 Constitution is far away from [...]
Posted in Editorials & Op/Eds on Jan 27th, 2010 1 Comment »
Kanbawza Win
In the wake of a crushing Democratic defeat in the Massachusetts Senate race, the ethno democratic Burmese forces would like to covey a piece of advice to the Obama Administration to be more pragmatic and acknowledges the big challenge in dealing with the pariah regimes like Burma. The State Department’s point man on Burma, [...]
Posted in Editorials & Op/Eds on Jan 6th, 2010 No Comments »
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Posted in Editorials & Op/Eds on Dec 17th, 2009 1 Comment »
Vision of 2010
Kanbawza Win
We’re just days away from 2010 – a defining year for Burma, as we witness the opposition composed of ethnics and pro democracy movement. have to admit that they have been soundly beaten. First, they lost is in the battle fields and very lately in the diplomatic arena, where the Junta scored [...]
Posted in Editorials & Op/Eds on Oct 30th, 2009 No Comments »
Tayza Thuria
Burma Digest since its inception in 2005 has been running purely on a voluntarily bases with no budget of its own up to this day has gradually matured and now has taken a rightful place in the global media which is making the world a better place to live in. With a humble beginning, [...]
Posted in Editorials & Op/Eds on Oct 14th, 2009 No Comments »
Global Editor’s Forum
Prof. Win.
Rich or poor archipelago or landlocked, the effects of climate variability are becoming increasingly perceptible – melting ice and glaciers leading to rising water levels, extreme heat waves inducing forest fires, and intense rainfall causing severe storms and floods.
Southeast Asia is not spared from these effects. The Irrawaddy Delta in Burma was [...]
Posted in Editorials & Op/Eds on Oct 2nd, 2009 1 Comment »
Imitating Robert Mugabe and not to be outdone by Mohammed Gadaffi or Hugo Chavez, General Thein Sein the Burmese Prime Minister will be seen New York`s UN General Assembly. After resisting the civilized world for 14 years, it seems that the Junta has score a major victory against the West led by the United States [...]
Posted in Editorials & Op/Eds on Sep 24th, 2009 2 Comments »
Kanbawza Win
Will America betray the Burmese cause, is the big question in the minds of every Burmese even though they may not speak out? A review of US policy announce by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton that Obama administration has decided to engage directly with Junta as part of international efforts to promote democracy, [...]
Posted in Editorials & Op/Eds on Sep 17th, 2009 No Comments »
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Posted in Editorials & Op/Eds on Sep 15th, 2009 No Comments »
- By Dr Tint Swe
World is politics and politics is money. This is what majority of ignorant Burmese people have to discover lately. What are more they also have to be patient to let foreign governments and organizations come to comprehend a bit about true disposition of the military junta. Burmese dissidents are categorized as [...]
Posted in Editorials & Op/Eds on Sep 9th, 2009 No Comments »
By Prof Kanbawza Win
Kanbawza Win (a) Dr Ba Than Win is a former secretary of foreign affairs to the Burmese prime minister. He is now the Dean of AEIOU program (the Burmese University in Diaspora) at Chiangmai University Thailand, and an adjunct professor of the School of International Studies at Simon Fraser University of [...]
Posted in Editorials & Op/Eds on Sep 2nd, 2009 No Comments »
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August 11, 2009 : Htun Aung Gyaw
The Wall street journal article “Myanmar Dissidents Contemplate Concession” on August 11, 2009, made me smile. I have been fighting against the regime since December of 1974 student strike called U Thant uprising. As a senior politician, I know the mentality of the regime and the opposition that I [...]