myanmar – Peter Church blog

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

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”