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 10, 2024

RFA "report"--voice too soft, not emphatic enough--no fact checking.

there are 135 officially recognized ethnic groups (excluding the Rohingya) in Burma--not 7!

The government officially recognizes 135 indigenous ethnic groups in Myanmar, grouped into eight national races: Burman, Kachin, Kayah, Karen, Chin, Mon, Rakhine and Shan. BBC News: Who
Are Burma's Minority Groups?Sep 23, 2021
Population, Ethnic Groups, and Languages - Myanmar
Northwestern Law Library
https://library.law.northwestern.edu › myanmar › popula...

Myanmar - Google Search

RFA Mynamar youtube - Google Search

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=RFA+Mynamar+youtube#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:65894ae9,vid:MSzMEO5VEPc,st:0

KyiMayKaung

Thursday, October 10, 2024

RFA "report"--voice too soft, not emphatic enough--no fact checking.

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.

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