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.

Wednesday, May 09, 2012

Burmese Nobel Laureate and Democracy Leader Aung San Suu Kyi gets passport to travel overseas -

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/09/world/asia/myanmar-issues-passport-to-daw-aung-san-suu-kyi.html

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi with leaders of the Karen National Union, including Naw Zipporah Sein, who have been in armed struggle with the Burmese government since 1947 and are now in peace talks. TV frame grab.

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Wednesday, May 09, 2012

Burmese Nobel Laureate and Democracy Leader Aung San Suu Kyi gets passport to travel overseas -

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala--I have a volume of her short stories--which I like a great deal.

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