I have learnt that dictators hold three main things such as Power, Money and Guns. The people under their rule endured what the dictators did as a saying; that cannot be cured must be endured. Do not expect hope…
Category: Current
Current Issues & News on Burma & Burmese people with the sub sections – News, Feature, Interview, Photo-News, Op-Ed and so on
SF Burmese Community’s Charity Drive for the Rakhine People
“The San Francisco Burmese Community proves they will not forget the Rakhine people and the hardships they have gone through,” said Kyaw Thu of FFSS (Free Funeral Service Society) of Yangon. The San Francisco Burmese Community is helping…
The Funeral of Ludu Sein Win
Ludu Sein Win’s funeral was held on the 19th on June. Family, friends, fellow journalists, and supporters attended this service.
Ludu Sein Win: 1940-2012
“Every generation has its own influential journalist,” U Win Tin has once said, “It’s not a novel occurrence. There are so many great journalists in Burma. Above all these great journalists stands Ludu Sein Win. He is significant against…
Rohingya for Citizenship?
(picture courtesy of AFP) The International Labor Organization Conference was held in Geneva, Switzerland on June 14th. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was invited to this conference, where she answered questions. Reporters asked her a series of questions regarding…
How Big is the Rohingya Uprising by May Thingyan Hein
The current situation in Sistway At around 8 o’clock this morning, the military ordered the locals not to go outside with a group of people our reporter informed. In Sistway the local Muslims are surrounded by polices. …
Stop Pushing a Religion War onto My Country by Htet San
A Burmese’s (Myanmar’s) request to all Medias : “Stop Pushing a Religion War to my Country” This post is entitled to all the media who are responsible for the news they are creating which are recently concerned with the latest…
SFBC Bookdrive Operations for the Months of April and May
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San Francisco Burmese Commnunity Bookdrive, supported by the Burmese in the Bay Area, donated two boxes of books to a self-help library and a non-profit education program.
MRTV 4 – Interview with Junior Win (English Subtitle)
New Myanmar Kyat and Stock Exchange by Witmone
Central Bank of Myanmar CBM announced today 01-Apr-2012 that US$1.00 will now equate to Kyat 818 as floating exchange rate. Almost 50 years fixed rate of US$1.00 equaling Kyat 6.30 disappeared. Congratulation! to new reformed Burmese government.
The Voices of Occupy Oakland by PwintPhyu Nandar
The Voices of Occupy Oakland Should the voices of the majority of a country fall on deaf ears of said country’s one percent? The one percent of America has too much money, too much power, and is making decisions…
Why Dictators Dare by Junior Win
A dictatorship is a type of government in which a person or group of people rules a country with absolute power. Dictatorships can be established through violence and maintained through physical force and a limitation of people’s freedom of speech and behavior. They may also employ techniques of mass propaganda in order to sustain their public support.
Burmese Children on Freedom of Expression by Khet Mar
Ei Ei Aung: “I should have chance to say what I want.”
Today there are over 1,600 political prisoners in Burma. Because they said what they wanted to say, the government considers them enemies.
Are Burmese Censorship Chief’s Promises Beyond Belief by Olivia Stransky
The History of the Burmses Kyat by Zaw Aung
US$, Sin$, and Burmese Kyat’s History by Zaw Aung, translated by Hla Oo
In 1990, one American Dollar was 30 kyats, one Singapore Dollar was 45 kyats, an average apartment was 300,000 kyats, a Toyota Hilux pickup truck was 300,000 kyats as well, the telephone connection with a handset was 300,000 kyats too, and a plate of Biriani (Dan-bouk) was just 5 kyats.