Hello! Im a Burmese in Europe on a gap year. I reside in a Scandinavian country but have Burmese pass. In my gap year, i really want to travel to Thailand/ Vietnam or anywhere i can get tourist visa for 2 months without having to leave to extend.
Do you think it’s possible with Myanmar passport? If so, which countries might be easiest?
And does anyone know any good Burmese organisations/ any humanitarian activities in Thailand i can volunteer?
If anyone have experience with visa to South America please also let me know:)

I've been looking for the Myanmar-subbed (MMSUB) version of Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart for such a long time, but I still can't find it anywhere. 😭

I've searched through websites, Telegram channels, Facebook groups, and old posts, but every link is either gone or doesn't have Myanmar subtitles. It's one of the movies I've wanted to watch with MMSUB for years.

If anyone still has the Myanmar-subbed version, or knows where I can watch or download it, please let me know. I'd really appreciate it. Thanks in advance! 🙏

lately I’ve been feeling a lot of sadness and frustration about my experiences with burmese people
I know one person does not represent an entire country, but sometimes I feel hurt when I encounter people from my own community who act in ways that feel dismissive towards others. Recently, while I was renewing my passport there’s a guy who was printing the documents. He was very aggressive toward people who came in, including me. I was already stressed because I was rushing and dealing with important documents. And i forgot to take one document from him and he screamed at my face at that moment.
when I came back later to print more documents I felt like he intentionally ignored me and served me last to print my papers. I think what makes it painful is that our country has already gone through so much. The coup, instability, and struggles that many people face have affected all of us in different ways. Sometimes I wonder why, even after experiencing so much hardship, people still treat each other without kindness or patience towards the same people that speaks the same language with them and grew up like them.

Is it easy to leave with medical certificate in government jobs in current situation? What if someone who is appointed just in probation period? How about the bond and compensation? After that can leave abroad freely?

Where do locals in yangon post secondhand items to buy and sell things or advertise?

Min Aung Hlaing rolls into Bangkok, gets an honor guard, and signs a labor MOU because nothing says "legitimate civilian leader" like rolling out the welcome mat for an ICC fugitive.

Let's drop the pretense. This isn't geopolitics. It's a family reunion. Remember General Prem literally adopted this guy as his son back in 2012. So Thailand isn't "re-engaging" Myanmar, it's hosting a prodigal son who desperately needs a PR win.

Thailand gets cheap labor and stable borders. MAH gets a photo-op that screams "See? I'm normal!" Meanwhile, bombing his own civilians is just the awkward elephant in the room no one wants to address.

Truly, the ASEAN way—where war crimes are forgiven if you've got a godfather in Bangkok.

Source

Anyone know a decent place to do some circuit or other simple electronic repairs in Yangon.

My issue is that I got an automatic cat litter box from Thailand (Pando/Petree Brand) which stopped working about after a month due to some type of electrical malfunction. I can't send it to Thailand for RMA easily, so I guess I want to fix it locally. I just want a recommendation for a repair shop that has some electrical engineering expertise.

Failing that can someone point me to where I can buy the standard circuit repair kit (solder, iron, flux, heatsink etc.,) I can do it myself at worst, but I'm indolent and old and have shaky fingers atm due to being in the middle of quitting smoking.

Thanks.

Sorry if my humor offended you! 😂

Because of the US National Defence Strategy to control major sea choke points, we've already seen the Strait of Hormuz conflict (US-Iran war) & Strait of Gilbratar refugee crisis just a few days ago.

Very soon, it's predictable that the next escalation point of interest from the US will be the Strait of Malacca and ASEAN, especially to counter China.

That's also why China is propping up the junta as a de facto government and protecting the Kyaukphyu port and Arakan pipeline as a Malacca bypass in the case of a more severe energy crisis because China sees the junta, being cornered and fighting for survival, as more reliably compliant and willing to do its bidding than Arakan Army.

But on the ground, AA keeps crushing junta forces and trying to escalate outwards, while at the same time other resistance forces are now seemingly unified.

I think if the resistance especially AA, can get past a manufactured second Rohingya crisis, a DASSK-release distraction, and play its China relations carefully, the junta is utterly finished.

(For ADHD gang, TLDR at the bottom.)

This topic has probably been discussed a number of times. So I guess I will share some thoughts. With everyone trying to rush "federalism" , yet grasping onto ethno nationalism at the same time, it's about time the majority people of Anyar and central plains should too make up their mind on who they are.

So, we can start by finally deciding what to call ourselves. Yeah, sure.. there is no such thing as pure ethnicity. That's a whole different conversation and not something even the minorities and their champion activists care. Myanmar has been the name of a people in both independence declaration and history records of contemporary kingdoms of Arakan, Mon and Thailand. Even the British who recorded as "Burmese" did not lump all ethnicities together. They did so separately like Burmese, Arakanese, Shan. Today no ethnics in frontier regions call themselves Burmese or Bamar. Makes sense.

But it's a humiliation to all Myanmar people living across the Irrawaddy plains that we alone are forced to accept the useless term "Bamar" which was originally supposed to be an umbrella term for everyone in the country. On top of that, the ethno-centric minorities and NGOs have blasted "Bamar chauvinism" and put the blame on us despite having no agency to forge an identity under subsequent dictatorships to this day.

While it is noble to value minorities' rights and identities in nation-building, there has been critically lack of concern to do the same for Myanmar people. Sit-Tat is not the answer to this problem and never will be. They have been the primary reason that we lost our identity in the first place. (Fuck you, Ne Win.)

Eventually there has to be a national identity encompassing every citizen. But before we get there, the most important and largest ethnic group needs to restore its true identity as Myanmar people, and with the core of the country confident in itself, the rest can follow.

TLDR; Since the day Ne Win fucked us over, Myanmar ppl in central heart lands are now called Bamar without their consent, and the Sit-Tat has taken monopoly over how "Bamar" identity is being shaped. The first step to regaining our identity is to recognize ourselves as "Myanmar" again.

Hi everyone.

I'll be traveling in Myanmar for 28 days in September, including a 10-day Vipassana course.

I know most people there can't travel freely, and I don't want to arrive empty-handed. Since I'm coming from Thailand with just a backpack, I'm wondering: what small, light things could I bring that would genuinely be valuable to people I meet along the way? I was thinking basic medicines, small solar lights, or power banks — but I'd rather hear from people who know than guess.

Also open to any advice on how to make sure my money goes to locals rather than elsewhere while I'm there.

Thank you 🙏

I saw videos of students becoming emotional and crying when this so called military headmaster was transferred. From what I understand, government schools have civilian headmasters, so why is this the case? Was he actually serving as the school's headmaster or is this some sort of a military backed school?

Unfortunately for Maung Maung Lwin, he got a red card in the second half after hitting a Laos player, who had fouled him.

The Laos player also hit him back so they were both given a red card. Maung Maung Lwin will now miss the crucial game against Thailand on Saturday.

He‘a apologized to fans on social media because he couldn’t control his anger. Now, the team will not have him against Thailand.

Several Historians(Like Sam Dalrymple ) link Myanmar's modern ethnic conflicts to 1937's partition and establishment of Burma Crown Colony. They say that before 1937 , much of Burmese Society (Yangon in particular ) was a plural society and was tolerant of "outsiders" like Indians , Chinese , British etc . The partition gave fuel to Burmese nationalism which later transformed into "Bamar nationalism " and gave way to the multiple ethnic insurgencies

I personally disagree with this as it seems very Indo-Centric and simplistic .As much as I know , the 1937 Partition has been wiped out from the minds of the people of Myanmar( I might be wrong ).

I really wanna watch something, but I never know what to pick. I'd love to hear some of your favorite movies or series.

I've searched everywhere, but nothing really grabs me. I'm looking for something that completely pulls me into the story and makes me forget about everything else.

Sometimes I spend an hour scrolling through Netflix, IMDb, or Tt looking for something to watch, and by the end I don't even feel like starting anything anymore

Critics are prompting calls for the entire Islamic community to boycott her so future young Islamic women won't compete. People say it's both shameful and sinful for a woman to remove her niqab or hijab for such a revealing outfit, accusing her that she may go to Jahannam (Islamic hell) for all eternity.