Posted in Supplementary Burma Digest on Feb 11th, 2008 No Comments »
The bogeyman’s to blame
By MARINA MAHATHIR
Read more in The Star
We see the constant blaming of foreign workers for all our ills, but none of it can really stand up to scrutiny.
IT’S a tried and true political strategy that when things aren’t quite rosy, one should distract the people by focusing on something else or coming […]
Posted in Supplementary Burma Digest on Feb 11th, 2008 No Comments »
Burmese Resistance
and the Starling Theory
By Goldie Shwe and Terry Evans
Following is excerpt of the Original Article,
In Burma, where the gun-toting junta is the only authority, it is hardly surprising that most people just keep their heads down and get on with the daily struggle of putting enough food on the table. Making yourself conspicuous in […]
Posted in Supplementary Burma Digest on Jan 30th, 2008 No Comments »
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 their home countries […]
Posted in Supplementary Burma Digest on Jan 30th, 2008 No Comments »
My dream interviews are not mere illusions
My Dreams come true.
Actions speak louder than words.
Indirectly confirmed by DSAI’s speech/lecture that I was not wrong in my dreams in reading his mind.
A written word is more effective than thousands of spoken words.
The Chinese proverb says it best: “the faintest ink lasts longer than the best memory.”
Harold Adams Innis : As the […]
Posted in Supplementary Burma Digest on Jan 26th, 2008 1 Comment »
Burmese Chinese
The Burmese Chinese or Chinese Burmese are a group of overseas Chinese born or raised in Burma (Myanmar).
Although the Chinese officially make up three percent of the population, this figure may be underestimated because of _
intermarriage between them and the ethnic Bamar,
and because of widespread discrimination against minorities (which compels many to declare […]
Posted in Supplementary Burma Digest on Jan 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
The Golden days of the
Great Shan Empire VII
(I hope BD readers won’t mind the changing of my BLUE HEADINGS into black, as this is the darkest chapter of Myanmar and Myanmar Tatmadaw History)
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 […]
Posted in Supplementary Burma Digest on Jan 23rd, 2008 1 Comment »
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, one of the longest rivers in […]
Posted in Supplementary Burma Digest on Jan 21st, 2008 No Comments »
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 by the resolutions […]
Posted in Supplementary Burma Digest on Jan 8th, 2008 No Comments »
Don’t Cry for Myanmar, Burma
English: Don’t Cry for Myanmar, Burma
Spanish: No llores por Myanmar, Burma
Icelandic: Gráttu mig Myanmar, Burma
Hungarian: Miért kell, hogy sírj, Burma
Dutch: Huil niet om Myanmar, Burma
Danish: Græd ikke for Myanmar, Burma
French: Ne pleure pas pour Myanmar, Burma
German: Wein’ nicht um Myanmar, Burma
Portuguese: Não chores por Myanmar, Burma
Swedish: Sörj inte Myanmar, Burma
Italian: Non […]
Posted in Supplementary Burma Digest on Jan 8th, 2008 No Comments »
A digitally enhanced
Myanmar opposition
By Paul Watson, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
January 7, 2008
Excerpts_
YANGON, MYANMAR — During 45 years of military rule, Myanmar’s generals drilled fear and suspicion so deeply into the minds of their people that when their opponents tried to harness the rage seething on the streets last fall, no one […]