Saturday, June 16, 2012

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's Nobel Acceptance speech - 21 years late but still potent

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/burmamyanmar/9335921/Aung-San-Suu-Kyi-Nobel-Prize-opened-up-a-door-in-my-heart.html

Place names I came across in reading DGE Hall--Mainly a history of the rivalry between the French, the British and the Dutch in S and SE Asia from the 16th century onwards.

I'm only reading the reigns of Naresuan,his brother Ekathasarot and his great grandson Narai-- Narai was very progressive and sent the ...