Posted in Articles in English on Feb 16th, 2008 1 Comment »
Rangoon University Students Union
RUSU
…
The political movement and the struggle for national liberation have a unique character in Burma as the students were always seen as the mobilizing force at the forefront of the struggle for freedom of Burma. The student movement is inseparable from the historic struggle for Burma’s independence from both colonial power […]
Posted in Articles in English on Feb 16th, 2008 No Comments »
Short period of happiness
followed by sad events and news
…
On the 12 February 1947, all of us agreed and signed to the Panglong Agreement, which give birth to Union of Burma combining the Lower Burma, Upper Burma, and the Frontier Areas, which had been administered separately by the British.
On the 4 January 1948, we got independence and established […]
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 Articles in English on Jan 18th, 2008 No Comments »
Sr. General Than Shwe is the thief
of time
Procrastination
Procrastination is a type of avoidance behaviour which is characterised by deferment of actions or tasks to a later time. Psychologists often cite procrastination as a mechanism for coping with the anxiety associated with starting or completing any task or decision.
For the person procrastinating this may result […]
Posted in Supplementary Burma Digest on Jan 14th, 2008 No Comments »
Dr Mahathir Mohamad
offering a few pointers
for Myanmar Junta
Aspiring leaders who resort to unethical ways and even violence should be rejected outright, says Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Unethical ways = Illegal second coup after the election.
Violence = violent suppression and killing of the peaceful demonstrators and monks.
The former Prime Minister said anyone wanting to be a leader […]
Posted in Supplementary Burma Digest on Jan 14th, 2008 No Comments »
Francis Fukuyama Special to The Yomiuri Shimbun
(photo: WN / deniseyong)
One of the biggest questions concerning the future of East Asia will be the internal evolution of the Chinese political system. China is undergoing breakneck economic development and emerging as a global superpower under the leadership of an authoritarian Communist Party that cannot legitimate itself […]
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 […]
Posted in Supplementary Burma Digest on Dec 22nd, 2007 No Comments »
RESPONSE OF INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
ON MYANMAR
The following is the response of the Thailand Newspaper on Myanmar’s acceptence into ASEAN, printed on 1.6.97. in_
THE NATION EDITORIAL.
“SHAMEFUL FOR ASEAN TO EMBRACE BURMA”
Asean will never be the same again.
By embracing Burma as a member it has itself become a pariah organization.
Coming as it does on […]
Posted in Supplementary Burma Digest on Dec 14th, 2007 No Comments »
Ko Mya Aye
Burmese Muslim
(88 Students Group Leader)
Junta pins democracy activists to the wall
Ko Dee
Mizzima News
April 6, 2007 - Pro democracy activists in Burma are slowly and steadily being pushed to the wall by the military junta which has stepped up restrictions and suppression both in economic and social terms, political dissidents in Rangoon […]
Posted in Articles in English on Dec 1st, 2007 2 Comments »
I dream of
speaking with
DSAI, former D.P.M. of Malaysia
Part I
I have been trying to get a chance to have an interview with the former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datuk Sri Anwar Ibrahim (many Malaysians affectionately referred him in a short form as DSAI). I was eager to get this interview as he is famous […]