On February 16, 2001, a delegation led by Lieutenant General Tin Oo was inspecting battalions and units within the Tanintharyi…
Author: Dr Ko Ko Gyi
Historical Burmese Muslim professionals, diplomats, academics, and military figures who served under General Ne Win’s administration (specifically during the Revolutionary Council and early Burma Socialist Programme Party eras).
Despite General Ne Win’s overall policy of “Burmanization” and systemic exclusions affecting minorities, several highly qualified Burmese Muslims held key…
Meiktila Violence: U Wirathu’s Claims, Galone Ni’s Interview, and the Questions That Remain
For Myanmar Muslim News Network (MMNN) English translation and editorial presentation based on a Burmese-language post by U Aung Tin,…
Those Who Possess Empathy
By Kaung Kin Ko (translated and adapted into English by Dr Ko Ko Gyi) Many people believe that unless you…
When desserts are handed out, we are left out; when batons are handed out, we are at the very front — Where is justice for minorities?
Author: Ro Thin Thin Hlaing. Translated by Dr Ko Ko Gyi Why do minorities always have to explain their own…
The “San Moe Tun Effect”
Analysis and Commentary by Aung Myo Lwin Agga (edited and fact-checked by Dr KO Ko Gyi) On 25 October 2026,…
When a Request for Equal Opportunity Becomes a Target for Abuse
Dr Ko Ko Gyi တရားမျှတသော ဆွေးနွေးငြင်းခုံမှုနှင့် ကိုယ်ရေးကိုယ်တာ တိုက်ခိုက်မှုများ (Constructive Debate vs. Personal Abuse): မည်သည့်အမြင် သို့မဟုတ် အဆိုပြုချက်ကိုမဆို ဝေဖန်ဆွေးနွေးပိုင်ခွင့်ရှိသော်လည်း၊ အဆိုပါအချက်ကို ထောက်ပြသူအား ကိုယ်ရေးကိုယ်တာ…
Teach inter-civilisational history to counter intolerance
Dr Ko Ko Gyi @ Abdul Rahman Zafrudin Burmanized the Malaysian article written by Sharifah Munirah Alatas in FMT Free…
Major General Maung Maung: The “Father” of Myanmar’s Hate-Speech Politics?
Eliminating Hate Speech Is a Necessary Step Toward National Liberation Myanmar’s modern political history offers repeated lessons about the dangers…
Sittwe, Kyaukphyu and the Strait of Malacca: Is Rakhine State Becoming a New Geopolitical Flashpoint?
How the Arakan Army, China, India and Myanmar’s Federal Future Could Become Interconnected Translated and edited for MMNN by Dr…