Posted in Editorials & Op/Eds on Jun 23rd, 2011 No Comments »
Kanbawza Win
The international community who are not so familiar with the acronym of ASEAN may be wondering what it stands for? While the standard joke among the informed, floating around is an Association of Southeast Asia Authoritarian Nations. Perhaps it is partly true now that the Burmese Junta’s representative with its waving Gaung Baung [...]
Posted in Editorials & Op/Eds on Jun 5th, 2011 2 Comments »
Kanbawza Win
Now that John McCain, the highest ranking US official, has paid a visit to the pariah state of Burma in the heels of Joseph Yun, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs, we construe that it is logical for Sarah Palin, the former Alaska Governor and Vice Presidential [...]
Posted in Editorials & Op/Eds on May 16th, 2011 No Comments »
16may11 Generations of the Revolution
Posted in Editorials & Op/Eds on May 3rd, 2011 No Comments »
A Burmese Perspective
Osama bin Laden is Dead Burmese hopes is Spread
Kanbawza Win
Burma (now under the chauvinist name of Myanmar), an insignificant country in Southeast that inspire to be a nuclear power is just is notorious for its gross human rights violation and the brave lady Daw Aung San Suu Kyi that stand [...]
Posted in Editorials & Op/Eds on Apr 22nd, 2011 No Comments »
Kanbawza Win
As I mused over the gospel song of “In His Time, He makes all things beautiful in His time.” nostalgia caught me up at the time of the Burmese New Year, Thingyan. The people of Burma has been despaired about the possibility of real change now that the electoral coup has been complete [...]
Posted in Editorials & Op/Eds on Apr 13th, 2011 No Comments »
Kanbawza Win
The people of Burma especially the middle age person who had gone through the Burmese Socialist days clearly understands the psyche and rationale of the Burmese Generals who construe themselves that they are the only ones, that really love the country while the rest are parasites that does not harbour a pale of [...]
Posted in Editorials & Op/Eds on Mar 4th, 2011 No Comments »
Kanbawza Win
All revolutions start with enthusiasm but usually end with tears. Will the Burmese revolution which started with a mighty force in 1988, fizzle out in 2011? The tears still could have been avoided, if the people firmly stand by the values which they have inherited from their ancestors especially from the founding fathers of [...]
Posted in Editorials & Op/Eds on Feb 6th, 2011 No Comments »
05feb11 Egypt and Burma Final
Posted in Editorials & Op/Eds on Feb 4th, 2011 2 Comments »
“We are now in a crisis: the military government is getting stronger”
U Win Tin, General Secretary of the National League for Democracy, on unity, Panglong, and the young generation
TBF: The Best Friend supports the recent statement issued by All Burma Monks Alliance (ABMA) calling for the release of all political prisoners and tripartite dialogue [...]
Posted in Editorials & Op/Eds on Jan 13th, 2011 No Comments »
Burmese Perspective
China, International Scene and the 2nd Panglong Conference
Kanbawza Win
Ancient Chinese History says that in the year 492 BC, Goujain, the king of Yue in modern Zhejiang district, in a war was taken prisoner by king Fuchai, his northern neighbour. Goujain was put to work in the royal stables where he [...]
Posted in Editorials & Op/Eds on Dec 22nd, 2010 1 Comment »
by Dr. Tint Swe
According to Burmese military rulers’ roadmap, the so-called disciplined democracy is about to end now as the parliament gets ready to begin its first session a month or two. However, why do we continue talking about democracy in Burma?
There have been governments, like those in ASEAN, who saw the [...]
Posted in Editorials & Op/Eds on Dec 13th, 2010 No Comments »
Looking at malnourish children and millions of illegal migrant workers and refugees, instead of mismanagement of economy by dictatorship and the appeasement policy of some countries there are people who want to blame only at the sanctions imposed in Burma. But talking about sanctions and Burma, the academic view, the pro-junta and the pro-business lobbyists [...]
Posted in Editorials & Op/Eds on Dec 5th, 2010 2 Comments »
Policy paper on Burmese Ethnic Perspective
Kanbawza Win
Most Burmese nationalists would recollect the famous Bogyoke Aung San speech during his visit to London, in Jan27th 1947 for the inking of the historic Aung San-Attlee Agreement (Aung San as Deputy chairman of the post war British Burma and Clement Attlee the Prime Minister of [...]
Posted in Editorials & Op/Eds on Nov 22nd, 2010 No Comments »
A Burmese Perspective
Different Thinking and Philosophy
Kanbawza Win
Following the euphoria of Daw, Aung San Suu Kyi’s release, she make it vividly clear that she wanted to listen to the people first before embarking on new activities and wanted to form a strong “people’s network,” the basic philosophy of democracy, which are [...]
Posted in Editorials & Op/Eds on Nov 11th, 2010 1 Comment »
Kanbawza Win
The results of the midterm elections clearly indicates that President Barrack Obama falls far short of his genius as a campaigner and that bold steps needs to be taken both in the domestic and foreign policy fields. The slow pace of job re-creation make the majority of the people angry even though he [...]
Posted in Editorials & Op/Eds on Nov 1st, 2010 No Comments »
Paper no. 4129
27-Oct-2010
A Second Panglong Conference and not an Election is the need of the hour in Myanmar
Guest Column by Dr. Tint Swe
(The views expressed are his own)
The general elections around the world in this year comprise 30 in Europe, 26 in Africa, 19 in Asia, 8 in South America, 1 in New Zealand, [...]
Posted in Editorials & Op/Eds on Oct 27th, 2010 No Comments »
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Posted in Editorials & Op/Eds on Oct 27th, 2010 2 Comments »
Kanbawza Win
The Burmese Junta used to boast and justify that half of the world’s population recognize and eulogize its regime and all its actions are right and correct, even though the Western countries consider the Burmese regime as the most egregious human rights violator of the world. Perhaps this hypothesis may have some salt in [...]