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Wednesday, February 26, 2025
From 2021--Nathan Maung interviewed by Democratic Voice of Burma, in Burmese.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjdF-Dkpidw
Informal summary. Nathan Maung, independent journalist imprisoned after Min Aung Hlaing's coup, describes what he noticed while in prison.
His interrogaters hate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi for going to ICJ and testifying as regards the Rohingya.
About the 2 books published by SAC after the coup, he said they tried to justify their coup,by saying Aung San Suu Kyi was plotting against the junta.
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Highly depressing, their usual modus operandi, like 1962 and The Burmese Way to Socialism.
2-26-2025
Tan Dun--Yo Yo Ma--Symphony 1997.
https://www.google.com/search?q=hong+kong+symphony++Tang+Dun&client=firefox-b-1-d&sca_esv=0e6145799fa1b528&sxsrf=AHTn8zrbMLmYAGc...
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https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Famous+Chinese+tenors#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:12005ab7,vid:_d4ap5I_tmk,st:0
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https://stratnewsglobal.com/myanmar/myanmar-100-indians-rescued-from-scam-compounds-on-thai-border/