And to think just a few years ago I would say, “Nothing ever changes in Burma….”           Wow!    

KMY with novice.   Photo by Sonny Nyein     My sincere thanks to good friend Ma Thanegi for providing the following excerpt from her new book, This is Kin Maung Yin.   “The man… KMY, as he often signs his paintings, is more artist than man… the passion of his art suffuses his being [...]

Change and hope for the future are increasingly evident in Burma (Myanmar). President Thein Sein is leader of the soft-liners.  He is said to be listening to the younger generation of military officers who feel that there should be a reconciliation with the country’s pro-democracy forces to get the sanctions lifted and move the economy [...]