KyiMayKaung

Burma, America, The World, Art, Literature, Political Economy through the eyes of a Permanent Exile. "We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the oppressed. Sometimes we must interfere. . . There is so much injustice and suffering crying out for our attention . . . writers and poets, prisoners in so many lands governed by the left and by the right." Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize Speech, 1986, Oslo. This entire site copyright Kyi May Kaung unless indicated otherwise.

Friday, February 24, 2012

Burma soldier and Burmese-born US Marine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EknTt3aCDKc&feature=relmfu VOA interview by U Ronnie Nyein summary: The first interviewee compares what little he got from the Burmese government (about $6 lump sum payment and about $1 per month in pension, which was cut off when he joined the National League for Democracy, with the Disability pension he receives from the US Government in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he lives.

KyiMayKaung

Friday, February 24, 2012

Burma soldier and Burmese-born US Marine

Beautiful planters in the summer--my cousin Minshin wrote On the Road. Here's my As I walk along.

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