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.

Thursday, October 18, 2012

US Department of State - travel advisory and SMART traveler registration

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1077.html

Aung San Suu Kyi during the April 1, 2012 by elections - frame grab. Burma still has serious problems including Buddhist-Muslim strife whipped up by the ruling junta, war in NE, landless farmers and striking workers en mass and "disciplined democracy" is not all it's cracked up to be - so caution is always in order.

KyiMayKaung

Thursday, October 18, 2012

US Department of State - travel advisory and SMART traveler registration

We have a saying for this in Burmese: What was written by hands has been erased by the feet."

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