By James Shwe I was recently asked by a citizen of a Western democracy a question that, while well-intentioned, reveals a…
Month: October 2025
𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐚 and ASEAN 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐈𝐭𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝: 𝐍𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐫’𝐬 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐦 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬
Charles Santiago 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐈𝐭𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝: 𝐍𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐫’𝐬 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐦 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 It’s murky, confusing and deeply troubling. News…
ASEAN must choose between morality and complicity
ASEAN must choose between morality and complicity.If it sends observers to a fraudulent election, it will destroy the last shred…
Myanmar’s Spring Revolution: A Prolonged Stalemate Demands Global Action
Credit: James Shwe Myanmar’s conflict has now hardened into a grinding stalemate. Despite battlefield losses and domestic discontent, the junta…
Asean not likely to send observers for Myanmar polls, says Mohamad
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Michael Jackson – Palestine, Don’t Cry (Unreleased Poem Brought to Life “Fanmade with AI”)
Aungaung Than “မငိုပါနဲ့လား ပါလက်စ်တိုင်းရယ်”ဂီတမှော်အောင်သူ မိုက်ကယ်ဂျက်ဆင်က ၁၉၉၃ ခုနှစ်မှာ ဒီသီချင်းကို ရေးစပ်သီကျူးခဲ့ပေမယ့် ဂီတလောကကို ချုပ်ကိုင်ထားတဲ့ ယဟူဒီတွေက ထုတ်ဝေခွင့် မပြုခဲ့ကြပါဘူး။ နောက်ပိုင်း သူ ကွယ်လွန်တော့ သူ့ ဂီတ အမွေပစ္စည်းတွေကို…
I am always trying to be a better and brighter person
NOTE: As a normal average human being, I am not the brightest, cleverest person nor morally correct saint. Although I…
Malaysian Gov lawmakers slam flying of Israeli flags in opposition led Islamic state, Kelantan flotilla ‘simulation’
Akmal, Rayer slam flying of Israeli flags in Kelantan flotilla ‘simulation’ Akmal, Rayer slam flying of Israeli flags in Kelantan…
Asean urged to reject Myanmar election
Asean urged to reject Myanmar election FMT ReportersShare Ex-foreign minister Saifuddin Abdullah, former Thai foreign minister Kasit Piromya, and three…
Kicking-up is the strategic appointment of a potential political rival to an ambassadorship
In diplomatic parlance, the term “kicked-up” refers to the strategic appointment of a potential political rival to an ambassadorship—effectively removing…