https://www.buzzsprout.com/138215/8552902-u-maung-nyi-commonly-known-as-david-was-born-in-kyaukse-on-15-april-1936-he-was-educated-in-kyaukse-mandalay-yangon-and-otago-new-zealand-as-a-mining-engineer-he-spent-many-years-working-at-bawdwin-myanmar-s-fa.mp3?download=true U Maung Nyi was born in Kyaukse on 15 April, 1936 and, at the time of my interview, had just turned 85. Most people now know him as David which was the name he took when he studied Mining Engineering in Otago, New Zealand in the late 1950s on a Colombo Plan scholarship. WikitravelContinue reading “U Maung Nyi – a decision he made in March 1989 changed his life”
Category Archives: myanmar
U Myint Thein – his life story, including his time as Deputy Minister of Mines from 1992 to 2006
U Myint Thein was born in 1937 and was a highly respected Deputy Minister of Mines from 1992 to 2006. At that time almost all Ministers were active or retired military personnel
Daily life under the Myanmar military coups of 1962, 1988 and 2021
Last night I received the following email from a good friend in Myanmar: “I have experienced three military coups in my life in Myanmar, in 1962, 1988 and 2021. When the first one occurred on March 2, 1962 I was not in the country. I arrived back only after 10 months. According to the news reports, thereContinue reading “Daily life under the Myanmar military coups of 1962, 1988 and 2021”
U Ko Ko Than
U Ko Ko Than -born 1930. Former Myanmar Deputy Minister of Mines – his life story U Ko Ko Than spent his career in the Myanmar mining sector from which he retired as Deputy Minister of Mines. Deputy Minister was the most senior position in most ministries during the military rule of that era. MinistersContinue reading “U Ko Ko Than”
My time as a monk in Myanmar
I became interested in Buddhism when I was in secondary school at Shore in Sydney during the 1960’s. It was a Church of England school so understandably we were taught the principles of the Christian faith. However, I can remember asking the school chaplain in my mid teens if we could learn a little aboutContinue reading “My time as a monk in Myanmar”
U Nay Oke and the Myanmar Censorship Board
Using this time of self-isolation at home I thought I would spend some time writing up some of the inspirational and interesting stories told to me by fascinating characters I have met over my decades in Asia. Some of these stories are covered in my three life story books on South East Asia and IndiaContinue reading “U Nay Oke and the Myanmar Censorship Board”
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