Posted in Articles in English on Feb 29th, 2008 2 Comments »
Still hoping for a . . .
National Reconciliation
_ By Dr. San Oo Aung
Myanmar Military defiantly, stubbornly and unilaterally announced another two important steps on its “road map” to “democracy” by giving the dates line for the referendum and election after the conclusion of the 14 years of world record marathon sham talks just on drafting […]
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 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 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 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 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 Supplementary Burma Digest on Dec 6th, 2007 No Comments »
Dream Interview VI
Rule of Law
BURMA DIGEST: Could you kindly highlight about the free and independent Media?
His Excellency Datuk Sri Anwar Ibrahim…The media must be free and independent from government or other sources.
Journalists and the media must be allowed to present a diversity of political views.
SPDC must accept that the media contributes positively to […]