SWE SWE WIN, a famous Myanmar fortune teller widely known as “ET”, passed away at 4.20am yesterday, local media outlets reported. She died at the age of 58 at her home in Thingankyun Township, Yangon. Her body will be buried in Yayway cemetery tomorrow. ET was very famous both at home and abroad, thanks to […]
Dos and don’ts for Suu Kyi on dealing with ASEAN
For the first time in its history, there will be a Nobel Peace laureate and the world’s most famous political icon in the family of the Asean Ministerial Meeting (AMM), which serves as the Asean annual meeting. Myanmar’s new Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi needs to know a few things about the organisation, with […]
Myanmar races ahead as we (Thailand) back-pedal
All eyes have been on Myanmar this week as it finally voted a new president, Htin Kyaw, into office, in so doing becoming the latest debutante into the democratic club. A close aide (for many he is a proxy) of democracy icon Aug San Suu Kyi, who is blocked from taking up the role due […]