tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44047123134142219282024-03-17T23:03:20.690-04:00Hla Oo's BlogI am a Burmese exile taking a near-permanent refuge in New York and Sydney. Here are my essays about Burma and anything else I feel like writing about. And posting the articles I like from selected sites. Bridging Burma to the world this Blog is more of a Politically-Oriented Literary Blog than a Plain News Blog or a Sophisticated Thoughts Blog. Hla Oohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967339572753775591noreply@blogger.comBlogger2346125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404712313414221928.post-49323542351195449162024-03-10T23:36:00.007-04:002024-03-17T23:01:56.604-04:00The Most Corrupt General in the Human History (Based on Staff posts from the IRRAWADDY NEWS in May 2023.)
The infamous
Myanmar dictator Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing, hatefully called "The Motherfucker" by most Burmese, is becoming the most corrupt army-chief in the
more than 8,000 years-old written-history of human world.
With the nickname “The Contractor” given Hla Oohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967339572753775591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404712313414221928.post-65803621282261400882024-01-26T05:57:00.018-05:002024-03-09T19:58:37.669-05:00China’s North-Burma & US’s South-Burma? (Mainly based on Ye Lin Thu’s posts from his facebook pages on 22 January 2024.)
Deciding the fate of poor Burma?A Bangladesh
newspaper The Dhaka Tribune reported on 21 January that Myanmar Government is advancing
the Chinese-sponsored Kyauk Phyu Deep Seaport amid the nationwide armed-conflicts
which are getting severe day by day.
Despite the worsening conflicts currentlyHla Oohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967339572753775591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404712313414221928.post-26857574611247233552024-01-19T20:02:00.006-05:002024-01-19T20:04:50.742-05:00China Behind The Rebel’s Victory In Shan-North? (Song Danyang’s article from the RFA Mandrin on 16 January 2024.)
What role did
China play in a rebel group’s victory in northern Myanmar? Ethnic-minority
armies couched their campaign as an effort to rid the region of criminal
organizations that had frustrated China.
When the Three Brotherhood Alliance of rebel groups
in Myanmar started Hla Oohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967339572753775591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404712313414221928.post-58983607787109744182024-01-16T21:57:00.005-05:002024-01-17T04:45:12.976-05:00Myanmar Army Sold Out Shan-North To China (Based on staff articles from Myanmar FACE BOOK posts on 11 January 2024.)
The so-called China-sponsored Ceasefire Agreement was signed between the shamefully-defeated
Myanmar Army and the victorious Northern Aliance of KIA, MDNAA, TNLA, and AA on
January 11. The term of the CA was very clear. Shan-North is now Northern
Allance Armies’ and Myanmar Army is to stay away Hla Oohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967339572753775591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404712313414221928.post-48906912486141923212024-01-05T19:15:00.010-05:002024-01-07T07:20:28.877-05:00Laukkai Has Surrendered: Kokang Is Now China's (Translated
staff articles from Myanmar FACE BOOK posts on 05 January 2023.)
The locals
called themselves Kokang Shans of the border lands, but their native language is
Chinese Mandarin, Chinese Yuan is their money, all utilities including electricity,
water, and telecommunications come straight across the borderline from the Yunan State
of China.They always are the Hla Oohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967339572753775591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404712313414221928.post-3736760793360484652024-01-04T05:29:00.002-05:002024-01-04T05:44:48.583-05:00Myanmar Mi-17 Chopper Shot Down By FN-6 MANPAD (Translated
staff articles from Myanmar FACE BOOK posts on 03 January 2023.)
A Myanmar Air
Force’s Mi-17 transport helicopter was shot down in rugged Kachin State by KIA Kachin
rebels with a Chinese-supplied FN-6 MANPAD shoulder-fired missile launcher on
January-3.
The shot-down
occurred at just before noon on third January while the Mi-17 was delivering
supplies andHla Oohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967339572753775591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404712313414221928.post-88389662426291037012023-12-29T08:03:00.003-05:002023-12-29T18:47:12.540-05:00Myanmar Army Hiding Their Devastating Deaths (Translated staff article from THE KHIT THIT MEDIA on 28 December 2023)
Despite the
frequent public denials by the Myanmar Army’s spokesfool General Zaw Min Htun
(aka) Zaw Mel Lone on the killed-soldiers statistics in Shan-North, one of the
leaked secret-telegrams is admitting the devastating deaths of Myanmar soldiers
at the battle of Kone-Jyan inHla Oohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967339572753775591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404712313414221928.post-5702780039228582822023-12-22T18:03:00.004-05:002023-12-22T18:07:42.522-05:00Is China Behind Ethnic Rebels’ Operation 1027? (Nian Peng’s guest article from THE DIPLOMAT on 05 December 2023)
Pro-China Kokang leader General Peng DaxumNo, China Is Not
Intervening in Myanmar’s Civil War: Contrary to some speculation, Beijing is
not supporting the ongoing rebel offensive in Shan State.
In late October,
three ethnic rebel groups in Myanmar known as the Three Hla Oohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967339572753775591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404712313414221928.post-23022484344193479502023-12-20T17:37:00.006-05:002023-12-27T05:18:45.512-05:00Fall of Nam-San: LID-101’s Total Wipeout (Based on Ye Lin Thu’s posts from the FACEBOOK on 18 December 2023)
Corpses of LID-101 HQ Staff.One of the
biggest outposts of Myanmar Army in the Shan-north town of Nam-San has fallen
into the hands of Chinese-backed Northern Alliance rebels on December-15 after weeks-long
fighting.
The rebels has basically wiped out LID-101 after
killing the Hla Oohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967339572753775591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404712313414221928.post-1733375010552369462023-12-15T18:37:00.010-05:002023-12-16T20:57:04.029-05:00Rebel Fire and China’s Ire in Myanmar (The staff article from the REUTERS on 16 December 2023)
This popular film forced China to act.Dec 15 (Reuters) - Generals from Myanmar's junta
held peace talks in June near the border with China with representatives of
three powerful ethnic armies. They sat across a wide table covered with blue
cloth and Hla Oohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967339572753775591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404712313414221928.post-13176392138476397132023-12-09T05:48:00.004-05:002023-12-09T05:49:47.526-05:00Planning Postwar Future of Burma’s Military (Zachary Abuza’s article from the NIKKEI ASIA on 29 November 2023)
Time to Demolish the Myanmar Military.Time to start
planning postwar future of Myanmar's military: Rebuilding will not be possible
without thorough reform of the security sector. The Burman-dominated army
should be disbanded and rebuilt around regiments formed along Hla Oohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967339572753775591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404712313414221928.post-60116653438103950422023-12-05T18:56:00.002-05:002023-12-26T19:03:16.068-05:00Myanmar’s Army Losing Ground Badly (David Rising’s AP article from the PBS NEWS HOUR on 01 December 2023)
One mass grave of Myanmar soldiers.BANGKOK (AP) —
About two weeks into a major offensive against Myanmar’s military-run
government by an alliance of three well-armed militias of ethnic minorities, an
army captain, fighting in a jungle area near the northeastern border with
China, lamented that he’dHla Oohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967339572753775591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404712313414221928.post-58338848860330130732023-11-27T05:50:00.004-05:002023-11-27T20:23:13.224-05:00Burma After Myanmar Army is Destroyed? (Billy
Ford’s article from the United States
Institute of Peace on November-16, 2023)
We Shouldn’t
Fear a Resistance Victory in Myanmar: Research shows the fight against the
junta is seeding fertile ground for a more inclusive, equitable and stable
state.
As the national uprising against Myanmar’s coup
regime has gained strength, a singular question has hovered over the widening
Hla Oohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967339572753775591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404712313414221928.post-12626408832213319652023-11-16T20:24:00.004-05:002023-11-16T21:02:31.261-05:00Lashio City Beseiged by the Ethnic Armies (Based on the staff article from
the MYANMAR NOW on 15 November 2023)
Lashio City, the
capital of Shan-North, has been cut off from the Proper Burma and overwhemingly
surrounded by the armies of Northern Alliance. The North Eastern Divisional
Command (Ya-Ma-Kha) of Myanmar Army will be the first divisional command
seriously threatened by the ethnic rebels in the Modern history Hla Oohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967339572753775591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404712313414221928.post-28912523953473338632023-11-15T20:34:00.008-05:002023-11-15T21:14:28.733-05:00Loikaw Has Fallen: Myanmar Army Rapidly Collapsing! (Based
on the staff articles from the KHIT THIT MEDIA in November 2023)
Capital city of
Kayah (Kayinni) State Loikaw has fallen into the hands of KNDF (Krenni Nationl
Defence Force) on November-13 fater a hevy fighting between KNDF forces and
LID-66 (Light Infantry Division-66) of now-demoralized Myanmar Army.
Two battalions of LID-66, Hla Oohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967339572753775591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404712313414221928.post-87689223117465781852023-11-13T19:59:00.002-05:002023-11-14T18:56:34.484-05:00Kun-Lone The Fortress Has Fallen! (Based
on the staff articles from the aKHIT THIT MEDIA in November 2023)
Finally, the Fortress
Kun-lone, defended by a 2000-strong Tactical Command (Byu-har) of Myanmar Army
for many decades since the 1970s has fallen
into the hands of MNDAA (Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army), one of the
Northern Alliance group of ethnic insurgent armies.
Kun-Lone is Hla Oohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967339572753775591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404712313414221928.post-32415473387270755212023-11-06T03:44:00.012-05:002023-11-09T22:36:53.143-05:00Kokang Has Fallen: Operation 1027 Took Shan-North (Based
on the staff articles from the KHIT THIT MEDIA & AFP in November 2023)
Burma (Myanmar) is a union consisting of
seven states, seven divisions, one union territory, five self-administered
regions, and one self-administered division. Kokang Region is one of five
self-administered regions and now it has fallen into the hands of so-called
Northern Alliance.
The Hla Oohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967339572753775591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404712313414221928.post-11456362610342316322023-10-19T07:55:00.008-04:002023-11-09T21:56:14.936-05:00Blood Railway: Crucial Mandalay-Myitkyinar Train (Based on the staff article from the KACHIN-NEWS-GROUP in October 2023.)
Bodies of Burmese burnt to crisp.The most crucial
train line in Burma, from the ancient capital city of Mandalay to Myitkyinar
the Kachin State’s Capital, has been lying dead silently for more than two
years since the people rebellion in Sagaing Division erupted after Hla Oohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967339572753775591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404712313414221928.post-88269080998156863712023-09-26T00:47:00.006-04:002023-09-26T20:05:15.031-04:00Corruption Galore of MAH (Motherfucker) & His Generals (From
various staff articles from the MYANMAR NOW in September 2023.)
Criminal generals of Evil Myanmar Army.While the desparate
people all over Myanmar have been lining up for hours everyday to buy state-rationed
cooking oil, the power-mad dictator Min Aung Hlaing (well-known affectionately
as the Mother-Fucker or Ma-aye-loe in Burmese) has been Hla Oohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967339572753775591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404712313414221928.post-54139973291850185782023-09-09T07:20:00.003-04:002023-09-09T07:21:20.957-04:00Israel Arming Horribly-murderous Myanmar Army (Staff article from the FRONTIER MYANMAR on 05 September 2023.)
Israel is arming Killer Myanmar Army.Sources reveal
Israeli shipments to Myanmar military after coup: An Israeli state-owned
company has sent four shipments of aircraft parts to Myanmar since the military
seized power in 2021, as the air force ramps up Hla Oohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967339572753775591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404712313414221928.post-17300323794472030782023-09-02T07:50:00.003-04:002023-09-02T07:50:51.899-04:00The Battle for Chinland in Myanmar (Burma) (Matt Davis’s article from the ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA on 18 August 2022.)
THE BATTLE FOR
CHINLAND: Two weeks inside a resistance army’s mountain stronghold as it wages
war on Myanmar’s military dictatorship.
Bullets whizzed overhead as Dr Amos Dawt Za Hmung
stepped out of his clandestine health clinic in Thantlang — a town in the hills
of north-western Myanmar — into a Hla Oohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967339572753775591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404712313414221928.post-39221795778468221892023-08-28T03:33:00.002-04:002023-08-28T03:34:21.547-04:00Boris Johnson: Putin Is a Murderous Thug (Hauser
& Chen’s article from the CNN on 27 August 2023.)
Former UK Prime
Minister Boris Johnson has alleged that Russian President Vladimir Putin “must
have killed” Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin and said there can be no peace
negotiation with Putin on Ukraine.
Writing in a Daily Mail op-ed on Saturday, Johnson
speculated aboutHla Oohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967339572753775591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404712313414221928.post-38556765348815762812023-08-09T23:29:00.004-04:002023-08-09T23:30:05.585-04:00HIMARS Missile System Test-firing In Australia’s NT (Major Dan Mazurek’s post from the AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE on 03 August 2023.)
Army missile system
on target in first firing: The Army tactical missile system (ATACMS) has been
fired in Australia for the first time, demonstrating the type of capability
Australia will need to defend its northern borders.
The ATACMS, fired as part of Exercise Talisman
Sabre, is a US-made long-range Hla Oohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967339572753775591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404712313414221928.post-85386345012134853102023-08-07T23:02:00.003-04:002023-08-07T23:03:12.388-04:00Singapore Suspended Corrupt Transport Minister? (Staff article from THE HINDU on 02 August 2023.)
Singapore PM Lee
bars Indian-origin Minister from duty, slashes his pay amid corruption probe: Indian-origin
Transport Minister S. Iswaran was arrested by the Corrupt Practices
Investigation Bureau (CPIB) on July 11.
CPIB’s probe Hla Oohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967339572753775591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404712313414221928.post-19053817390746868772023-08-01T05:19:00.010-04:002023-08-09T08:43:53.343-04:00WAGNER: Putin’s Mercenaries from HELL (Joshua Yaffa’s article from THE
NEW YORKER on 31 July 2023.)
On May 20th, Yevgeny
Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner Group, stood in the center of Bakhmut, in
eastern Ukraine, and recorded a video. The city once housed seventy thousand
people but was now, after months of relentless shelling, nearly abandoned.
Whole blocks were in ruins, Hla Oohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967339572753775591noreply@blogger.com