Tin Maung Htwe – Media screw-up led to NLD’s supporters furious

      U Htin Kyaw, a longtime confidant of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was made known on Thursday as one of the three candidates, to become Myanmar’s next president.     Albeit a low profile player, U Htin…

Khin Maung Saw – Burmese Cuisine, Its Unique Style and Changes after British Annexation

  Khin Maung Saw – Burmese Cuisine, Its Unique Style and Changes after British Annexation    Introduction   1.1. What is Burmese Cuisine?   Nowadays, whenever one asks a foreigner who has just visited Burma about Burmese cuisine, his/her answer…

Junior Win – A Day at the Myanmar Literary Festival for Children, 2016

(Myanmar Event Park) I recalled the memory of the Noble-Myanmar Literary Festival 2015 which was held a year ago, at National Theatre at Myoma School Road. People preferred visit that place, because it was the place where Annual Academy Award…

Khin Maung Saw – (Mis)Interpretations of Burmese Words: In the case of the term Kala (Kula)

Khin Maung Saw – (Mis)Interpretations of Burmese Words: In the case of the term Kala (Kula)     Introduction:   “Burma Studies” constitute a relatively small field within the larger field of Southeast Asian Studies.  In my experience as a…

Junior Win – Reading Books for Children Fan

(The Advertisement) I saw this advertisement in the newspaper, it said that ‘Noble-Myanmar Literary Festival (Literature for Children) 2016’ will be held at MEP (Myanmar Event Park), Shin- Saw-Pu road, Myay-nee-gone, Rangoon (Yangon) for three days, from 16th to 18th…

Dr Khin Maung Win – The Eighth International Conference on Science and Mathematics Education in Developing Countries

(At Arts Assembly) Dr Khin Maung Win – The Eighth International Conference on Science and Mathematics Education in Developing Countries The conference has held at the Arts Assembly Hall of Yangon University, from December 4 th to 6 th .…

Goodbye book-buffet by Junior Win

In the first week of the December of this year 2015, I saw the advertisement of book-Buffet. It would held at Myanmar Book Centre for 3 days. In my experience, book-buffet was quite interesting for book lover. I remembered when…

Junior Win – A Tribute to U Thet Htun (1926 – 2012)

Junior Win – A Tribute to U Thet Htun (1926 – 2012)   U Thet Htun, was a retired ambassador of France, Switzerland, and a writer of ‘Waves of Influence’ which won the National Literary Prize in the category of…

Junior Win – Goodbye Logos Hope

(A Logos Hope at Alone Port)           From 3rd to 14th October of 2015, Logos Hope Books Ship (Good books for all) – a ship that was full of books – arrived Rangoon, Burma, at Alone International Port Terminal. It was a big…

Aung Way – AN UNLUCKY SEA (English Translation by Maung Nyi Nyutt)

Aung Way – AN UNLUCKY SEA (English Translation by Maung Nyi Nyutt) ——— O! Listen, Wolf Larsin, the galloping of my heart wild horse’s music. I was deeply affected and far from the brave song of sailing. The wind that…

Junior Win – A Day at the Monastery or Sayadaw U Vinaya’s 102th Birthday

  (Sayadaw U Vinaya’s venerable statue looks like a real Sayadaw looking at us.)         Today was the 30th of August 2015, the full moon day of Wah-khaung in Burmese calendar. It was the day Sayaday U Vinaya’s 102th birthday. The ceremony…