Tuesday, November 11, 2025

The writer and journalist is U Tin Maung Than.

AI Overview "U Tin Maung Maung Than" likely refers to Dr. Tin Maung Maung Than, a Burmese researcher and academic known for his work on Southeast Asian politics, religion, and development. He is a visiting senior research fellow at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, holds a PhD in Politics from SOAS, and has researched contemporary Burma extensively. There are other individuals with similar names, including a 20th-century Burmese writer and editor and multiple people listed on professional networks like LinkedIn. Dr. Tin Maung Maung Than
Academic and Researcher: A fellow at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute and formerly at Devex, he has a PhD in Politics from SOAS and an MSc in Nuclear Physics from Rangoon Arts & Science University.
Area of Expertise: His research interests include the politics and development of Myanmar, political culture, and religion, state, and society.
Public Figure: He has been featured in media commenting on Myanmar's political situation, for example, at the 26th Asia-Pacific Roundtable in 2012.
Other individuals with the name Tin Maung Maung Than
Writer and Editor: A Burmese writer and editor who tired of government censors, as described in this 2001 New York Times article.
Multiple professionals: LinkedIn searches show various professionals with this name, including project managers, network engineers, and researchers.

I was just wondering how it must have felt for Aung Zeya (later King Alaunghpaya) as a boy growning up in the Kabaw Valley to experience a Manipuri raid and I found this.

It's all there, except the sounds, the mud, the dirt, the screams, the rapes--the fear, the tears, common to war. https://www.youtube.c...