I am an alien, I have just landed here from the Pleiades.
What is this 'Burma' I see on your television news?
This 'Suu Kyi' - who?
What do I need to know?
Is Aung Sun Suu Kyi the new Nelson Mandela, or more like the Dalai Lama? (I read about them)
Does the existing regime get on with China? India? What is a 'Karen' rebel?
What are the ethnic or tribal elements of any conflict in the region? Religion - Buddhist? Muslim? History?
Why is it sometimes called Burma, and other times Myanmar - I sense British meddling again! Who sells them arms?
Who, traditionally, are their friends, enemies?
What is the economy like, is it influential? Do they have oil or resources that foreign corporations want to own?
And so on... thought, instead of Links post, we could all contribute something...?
I'm really in the dark here, like Nepal a few weeks back, or Kashmir the week after that. Please educate me where you can?
I can read plenty... but we have a great many Asian members who I often see reading the posts. This one's where you can step up and inform the rest of us...
Are they much of a naval power?
AntwortenLöschenPlease, I shall ask one courtesy of all members. If your face appears in the viewing history on this post, that means you were interested enough to click on it. If you've come by here, do participate. Give us a link about present events there, from your newspaper or website of choice? Tell us something of the history, or the things mentioned above?
AntwortenLöschenI'm away reading....
First thing I see when looking for news on Burma:
AntwortenLöschen"The party of Burma's democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi says she has won her bid for a seat in parliament despite voting irregularities in Sunday's by-election. "
First of all she is neither a Mandela or a Cleric. She is someone who just longs for freedom from the Tyranny of her government. Its a real miracle she has been able to hold out and stay alive this long.
AntwortenLöschenAs for the details you requested...you probably know more about the little lady than I do.
One thing I know for sure...I don't like the name Myanmar. The name
Burma sounds and is so much better.
I Cr 13:8a
Aha... a tyrranical government! The plot thickens. So, this is what the 'Karen rebels' are rebelling against?
AntwortenLöschenIs there an ethnic dimension to this?
Світанок, ви повинні мені відповісти :)
AntwortenLöschenI don't bluff, Johnny. Honestly, I may know more than I realise, but it's f*** all. I saw this as a good cue to inspire some group involvement - it's topical, it's in the news.
AntwortenLöschenhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Triangle_(Southeast_Asia)
AntwortenLöschenHEROIN
I posted this also on my own page, where I was told about the fighting during WW2, British etc allies against Japan, in Burma.
AntwortenLöschenHow, after driving out the Japanese, did it end up with a 'tyrannical' government?
I have been to Myanmar a few times. Here are some photos from my last job in MyanmarMYANMAR, SITTWE
AntwortenLöschenI got off the boat in Sittwe, Myanmar. After spending the morning taking pictures of the river I started chasing pictures of the city. I was not too happy with the boring tourist style photos. Like the learned people say; “When the going gets tough, the tough drink beer”. As I enjoy some cold ones some great photos pass in front of the coffee shop that I was homesteading.
SITTWE, MYANMAR : THE BIG PICTURE
MYANMAR BY ELECTIONS 2012 (with TILA TEQUILA)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7068868.stm
AntwortenLöschen30th October 2007
SEE VIDEO BELOW
Khun Sa, Opium warlord, dies
http://www.altsean.org/Docs/PDF%20Format/Thematic%20Briefers/Saffron%20Revolution%20A%20Year%20Later.pdf
AntwortenLöschenAn article from the 'Alternative SE Asian Network', 2008
My mind now turns to the perhaps obvious question - now that the West have a friend in office, assuming that lasts, who will control the opium?
The United States and the European Union have hinted that they may lift some sanctions - imposed over the past two decades in response to human rights abuses - if the election is free and fair, unleashing a wave of investment in the impoverished but resource-rich country bordering rising powers India and China.
AntwortenLöschenBurma's Agony (enlarge)Monks march through Yangon city centre as bystanders join in an anti-government demonstration, September 24, 2007.
1982 - Law designating people of non-indigenous background as "associate citizens" in effect bars such people from public office.
Riots and repression
1987 - Currency devaluation wipes out many people's savings and triggers anti-government riots.
1988 - Thousands of people are killed in anti-government riots. The State Law and Order Restoration Council (Slorc) is formed.
1989 - Slorc declares martial law, arrests thousands of people, including advocates of democracy and human rights, renames Burma Myanmar, with the capital, Rangoon, becoming Yangon. NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the daughter of Aung San, is put under house arrest.
Thwarted elections
1990 - Opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) wins landslide victory in general election, but the result is ignored by the military.
"Saffron Revolution"
Wow! Great Post, very informative! Thank you Mike!
AntwortenLöschenPrecious stones...
AntwortenLöschenhttp://www.ruby-sapphire.com/burma-jade-mines.htm