KyaemonThe Hindu : News / International : Myanmar frees deputy leader of opposition party Myanmar’s military government on Saturday freed the 82-year-old deputy leader of the pro-democracy party headed by Aung San Suu Kyi after nearly seven years in detention. The release of Tin Oo, who helped found the National League for Democracy with Nobel […]
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/LB11Ae01.html By Larry Jagan BANGKOK – As Myanmar prepares for its first elections in 20 years, uncertainty surrounding the promised democratic transition has crippled the workings of government and raised tensions inside the armed forces. While many analysts view the highly anticipated polls as mainly a one-horse race, there is also a growing sense that […]
Monks declared ‘Boycott’ against Suu Kyi’s brother http://www.mizzima.com/news/regional/3475-monks-declared-boycottq-against-suu-kyis-brother.html Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – The All Burma Monks Organization (ABMO) has declared Aung San Oo, brother of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as unethical and rejected his association with Buddhism for not withdrawing a case filed against his detained younger sister. The ABMO, in their […]
MORE PICTURES ON AWARDS & HI LEVEL MEDICAL CONFERENCE Video from the Eddy Awards http://www.vimeo.com/8066061 DR PATRICK DONATED 35 MILLION DOLLARS TO WEST L A ST JOHN’S HOSPITAL/HEALTH CARE CENTERS. HE GUARANTEED 100 MILLION DOLLARS DONATION FOR RE-OPENING MARTIN LUTHER KING HOSPITAL IN SOUTH LOS ANGELES. HE IS DONATING A BILLION DOLLARS FOR A “HEALTH […]
Source: Irrawaddy.org Burmese Media Denies Reports of Mutiny, Attacks BBC Burma’s state-run media slammed the BBC Burmese Service on Saturday for reporting alleged cases of mutiny in Pegu Division, saying that the ruling regime would “never accept any scheme to break up the Tatmadaw [Burmese armed forces].” In commentaries run in both Burmese and English, […]
PATRICK SOON SHIONG DONATED $ 35 MILLION FOR WEST L A ST JOHN’S HOSPITAL HEALTH CARE CENTERS – DUBBED “THE HOSPITAL OF THE FUTURE” COMPLETE WITH LEADING EDGE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY & EQUIPMENT. HE ALSO UNDERWROTE/GUARANTEED A DONATION OF $ 100 MILLION TO RE-OPEN MARTIN LUTHER KING MEDICAL CENTER IN SOUTH L A. HE IS DONATING ONE […]
From an email. Winner Dr Mg Mg Gyi of Mandalay. Sounds like our Mandalay Gazette publisher Mg Mg Kyi, also a Burma doctor. He also loves photography.
Chinese graduate donates US$8,888,888 to Yale http://english.cctv.com/program/chinatoday/20100112/101369.shtml The 8,888,888 US dollar donation is the largest amount the University has received. It’s enough to buy every Yale MBA student a Ford Focus. Eight is an auspicious number in Chinese culture. Zhang Lei, says the education he received at Yale changed the course of his life. That’s […]
Burma’s Karen refugees struggle in UK
Junta finds scapegoats for government leaks, says former colleague Source: Mizzima.com http://mizzima.com/edop/interview/3357-junta-finds-scapegoats-for-government-leaks-says-former-colleague.html Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – A former foreign ministry employee has accused the Burmese military regime of trying to wipe out secrets of the past – the killing of SPDC’s Secretary 2 General Tin Oo, who died in a controversial helicopter crash in 2001 […]
Fake 5,000-kyat Notes Seized in Pegu SOURCE irrawaddy.org http://irrawaddy.org/highlight.php?art_id=17550 Lesson from news: When visiting Burma, be careful of fake notes. (Used to be: Be careful of fake medicines or “diluted” medicines)
Burmese whistle-blowers sentenced to death – BBC source http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8446462.stm Two Burmese officials have been sentenced to death for leaking details of secret government visits to North Korea and Russia, the BBC has learned. The officials were also found guilty of leaking information about military tunnels allegedly built in Burma by North Korea, a source in […]