Yangon, Myanmar | Travel Film
My journey through Yangon, Myanmar was an exciting and unforgettable one with many good and exciting experiences encountered along the way. So to recapture those moments and memories, I have put this first video together to share it to the world.
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Myanmar (Burma) Grace Under Pressure | Things to do | Must see | Safe travel 2019
Myanmar (Burma) Grace Under Pressure | Things to do | Must see | Safe travel 2019
Visiting Myanmar (formerly Burma) 3 times Over the course of 6 years - I was amazed to see how much the country changed. One of my Favorite countries!
All the newspapers & media say it is, but after Visiting in Myanmar (formerly Burma) for 3 times, I discovered something different....
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Myanmar (English pronunciation below; မြန်မာ Burmese [mjəmà]),officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, and also known as Burma, is a country in Southeast Asia. Myanmar is bordered by India and Bangladesh to its west, Thailand and Laos to its east and China to its north and northeast. Myanmar is the largest of the mainland Southeast Asian states. To its south, about one third of Myanmar's total perimeter of 5,876 km (3,651 mi) forms an uninterrupted coastline of 1,930 km (1,200 mi) along the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea.[citation needed] The country's 2014 census counted the population to be 51 million people. As of 2017, the population is about 54 million.Myanmar is 676,578 square kilometres (261,228 square miles) in size. Its capital city is Naypyidaw (Nay Pyi Taw), and its largest city is Yangon (Rangoon). Myanmar has been a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) since 1997.
Early civilisations in Myanmar included the Tibeto-Burman-speaking Pyu city-states in Upper Burma and the Mon kingdoms in Lower Burma. In the 9th century, the Bamar people entered the upper Irrawaddy valley and, following the establishment of the Pagan Kingdom in the 1050s, the Burmese language, culture and Theravada Buddhism slowly became dominant in the country. The Pagan Kingdom fell due to the Mongol invasions and several warring states emerged. In the 16th century, reunified by the Taungoo dynasty, the country was for a brief period the largest empire in the history of Mainland Southeast Asia. The early 19th century Konbaung dynasty ruled over an area that included modern Myanmar and briefly controlled Manipur and Assam as well. The British took over the administration of Myanmar after three Anglo-Burmese Wars in the 19th century and the country became a British colony. Myanmar was granted independence in 1948, as a democratic nation. Following a coup d'état in 1962, it became a military dictatorship under the Burma Socialist Programme Party.
For most of its independent years, the country has been engrossed in rampant ethnic strife and its myriad ethnic groups have been involved in one of the world's longest-running ongoing civil wars. During this time, the United Nations and several other organisations have reported consistent and systematic human rights violations in the country. In 2011, the military junta was officially dissolved following a 2010 general election, and a nominally civilian government was installed. This, along with the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and political prisoners, has improved the country's human rights record and foreign relations, and has led to the easing of trade and other economic sanctions. There is, however, continuing criticism of the government's treatment of ethnic minorities, its response to the ethnic insurgency, and religious clashes. In the landmark 2015 election, Aung San Suu Kyi's party won a majority in both houses. However, the Burmese military remains a powerful force in politics.
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President Obama's Trip to Burma (Myanmar): Aung San Suu Kyi, University of Yangon (2012)
The Obama administration initially continued longstanding American reticence in dealing with Burma after taking over in January 2009, preferring to prioritize broader security threats like Afghanistan, Iran, North Korea, and Pakistan. Susan E. Rice, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, called the junta government's hold over Myanmar, known in the West as Burma, one of the most intractable challenges for the global community. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton claimed that the Obama administration was looking at what steps we might take that might influence the current Burmese government and...looking for ways that we could more effectively help the Burmese people, though she echoed Rice's pessimism in noting the junta's historical isolationism and disregard for economic sanctions.
At the urging of Aung San Suu Kyi and the US's East Asian partners, the US held the first formal meetings with the junta in late in 2009.
In November 2011, Obama spoke with Aung San Suu Kyi on the phone where they agreed to a visit by Secretary of State Clinton to Burma. Obama met with Burmese President Thein Sein at the Sixth East Asia Summit. Clinton made a two-day visit from December 1, 2011. Barack Obama visited Burma on November 18, 2012, becoming the first sitting U.S. President to do so. Obama also visited Aung San Suu Kyi in her home.
Aung San Suu Kyi MP AC (born 19 June 1945) is a Burmese opposition politician and chairperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Burma. In the 1990 general election, the NLD won 59% of the national votes and 81% (392 of 485) of the seats in Parliament. She had, however, already been detained under house arrest before the elections. She remained under house arrest in Burma for almost 15 of the 21 years from 20 July 1989 until her most recent release on 13 November 2010, becoming one of the world's most prominent political prisoners.
Suu Kyi received the Rafto Prize and the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 1990 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991. In 1992 she was awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding by the government of India and the International Simón Bolívar Prize from the government of Venezuela. In 2007, the Government of Canada made her an honorary citizen of that country; at the time, she was one of only four people ever to receive the honour. In 2011, she was awarded the Wallenberg Medal. On 19 September 2012, Aung San Suu Kyi was also presented with the Congressional Gold Medal, which is, along with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honour in the United States.
On 1 April 2012, her party, the National League for Democracy, announced that she was elected to the Pyithu Hluttaw, the lower house of the Burmese parliament, representing the constituency of Kawhmu; her party also won 43 of the 45 vacant seats in the lower house. The election results were confirmed by the official electoral commission the following day.
Suu Kyi is the third child and only daughter of Aung San, considered to be the father of modern-day Burma.
A Visit to Dalla Myanmar - Jason's 20 Countries in 12 Months in 2012 Backpacking Trip
An Unexpected Visit to Dalla, Mynamar @JasonVitug of Phroogal.com
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My Canon lens broke so started using my Samsung Galaxy phone's video to capture my adventure. After arriving the day before, we spent touring Yangon (formerly Rangoon), we wanted to get off the beaten path. Ok, so Myanmar (Burma) is off the beaten path for many travelers but wanted to get outside of the former British colonial city.
We decided to go across the river by taking the ferry to Dalla. I didn't know what to expect but it left an imprint in my mind and heart.
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Stupa City and Lake Inle - Travel Photography in Myanmar/Burma
On our way To Lake Inle we made a short stop in Stupa City as I like to call it, but the ruins of Sagar, the forgotten Shan kingdom would be the technical name for it :-) an interesting place and friendly people... like everywhere in Myanmar / Burma. I did not make a dedicated Lake Inle Video but I do show some video Clips and lot of photographs from this years Travel Photo Workshop to Myanmar. Last years video from Lake Inle is here:
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Pension Increase in Burma
Retired Burmese government officials received a higher raiser in their pensions.
Burma in Transition by Geoffrey Hiller (Archive)
Geoffrey Hiller is raising funds for his photobook documenting life inside Burma from 1987 through the recent historic transition. To receive contributions, the project must be funded in full by 10/10/13
The photographer: I grew up in New York, and it's on crowded city streets where I feel at home, watching lives play out, in places like Brazil, Bangladesh, and Burma. Photography is the best way to find the pulse of a place, to explore, to reflect, to understand who we are. My work has been published in magazines including Geo, the New York Times, Newsweek, and others all over the world.
Five years ago I created Verve Photo, a blog which showcases powerful work by international documentary photographers. Besides shooting and editing, in recent years I have been teaching photography and digital media as a Fulbright scholar in Bangladesh, Cambodia and Pakistan.
The Burma Project: The country that has drawn me back most often is Burma, one of the world's poorest and most isolated places. I first went in 1987 on the one-week visa. After a frenetic trip, it wasn't so much the monks and pagodas that haunted me, but the faces of the Burmese, painted in white, often smiling. I wanted to find out more about who they really were, plagued by a corrupt government and international sanctions. Despite a travel boycott, I decided to return in 2000. The military now called the country 'Myanmar' and was no less repressive but allowed me to stay longer and travel more freely. The result was the multimedia web site Burma: Grace Under Pressure, which won awards and was seen by millions.
Fast forward to 2011, when the US Embassy hired me to teach photojournalists in Yangon. I got on the plane that May with a tourist visa, worried that my name might be on a blacklist at customs. I did not know that the dictatorship was beginning to relax censorship and free political prisoners. There was still not one picture of 'The Lady', anywhere, and no one talked about her. By early 2012, all that had changed. It was amazing to witness one of the first rallies where Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy (NLD) party were allowed to appear in public. The Irrawaddy News and Foreign Policy Magazine published my stories of events in Burma. Some of the photographs were chosen for exhibit by Fotofest Cincinnati in their Reporting Back 2012 event.
I returned yet again in 2013. My camera focused on capturing daily life, from the cramped streets of the colonial capital of Yangon, to dusty markets in Mandalay, to Muslims in Meikhtila, and river life in Pathein.
The book: Everybody asks, where can I buy the book? Now the time is right to share these images, as Burma is poised for big changes, and politicians, businesses and NGO's from around the world begin to stream into the country. The face of Yangon has already changed, with new building construction and imported cars. What is unique about this country is how the repressive military dictatorship after 50 years has itself initiated this historic opening, allowing unheard of political and cultural freedom. The real question is how this will play out in the lives of the Burmese people.
I am asking for your help to self-publish a book. As some of you know, with changes in digital technology the publishing industry is going through a transformation, and publishers are reluctant to print books by even the most accomplished photographers.
A professional team is in place. Editors/designers Natasha Chandani and Lana Cavar have begun working with me to produce a high-quality 192-page book of color photographs in a 7 x 9 1/2 inch format.
Essays by prominent Burmese writer Dr. Ma Thida, a human rights activist and herself a former political prisoner, and also journalist Francis Wade will accompany the images to explain the context in Burma today. The book will be in print by April 2014.
Among the rewards are limited edition prints and a signed copy of the book.
Bio: The photography of Geoffrey Hiller has been published in magazines in the USA, Europe, and Japan including Geo, Newsweek, Mother Jones and the New York Times Magazine. He has completed dozens of photo essays in Asia, Latin America, Europe and West Africa and was on the staff of the Brazilian edition of National Geographic for two years. His award-winning multimedia projects about Vietnam, Eastern Europe, Ghana, Burma, and Brazil have earned recognition from Apple Computer, The Christian Science Monitor and USA Today. He has received grants from the Paul Allen Foundation, the California Arts Council, Regional Arts and Culture Council in Portland, Oregon, among others. Hiller was a Fulbright Scholar in Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2008-2009. Most recently he has been teaching photojournalism in India, Burma, Cambodia and Pakistan. Hiller is the creator and editor of Verve Photo: The New Breed of Documentary Photographers. His home is in Portland, Oregon.
19th STREET IN CHINATOWN - MOST POPULAR FOOD STREET IN YANGON
Visit Yangon from 03 - 10 February 2019, with Lunar (Chinese) New Year atmosphere.
One of the most popular for dinner (Street Food) in Yangon is The 19th Street.
Flooding in Pegu
Record Breaking rainfall in Western Burma has flooded the town of Pegu. Markets, schools are closed and people's daily lives have been halted. It is impassible and difficult to travel from one place to another.
MEMORY! Festival 2018: It happened in Yangon, Myanmar!
70 movies during 10 days in Yangon, Myanmar for the 2018 edition of MEMORY! International Film Festival, the 6th !
MEMORY!Festival gathered international delegations from around the world and organized screenings at the Waziya Cinema and in Mahabandoola Park.
Challenging theme in 2018: Press & Democracy on Silver Screen
In 2017 we explored the theme of Banned films and censorship around the world which dealt the freedom of expression in artistic works and it was frequently restrained, at different eras, in different countries.
Other sections: Focus on Colombia and Carte blanche to 3-ACT Myanmar magazine.
Among the Guests of honor: Clotilde Courau, Grace Swe Zin Htaik and Phan Dang Di.
Conferences and workshops.
Related program : Myanmar Script Fund and MEMORY Journalism and Culture.
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The Rise and Fall of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi Explained | NowThis World
A non-violent freedom fighter? A war crimes apologist? Or is she something in between? Aung San Suu Kyi’s decades-long, non-violent struggle for democracy made her a hero around the world. But once appointed to office, many say her leadership, has been disappointing.
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Born on June 19th, 1945, in what was then Rangoon, Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi was destined to be defiant from the start.
Her father was none other than Aung San -- the former military general who negotiated Burma’s independence from the British in 1947. He became known as a national hero, and the founder of modern-day Myanmar, which was then known as Burma.
But in 1947, when Suu Kyi was just 2 years old, everything changed. Her father was assassinated by a rival politician.
She went on to graduate from high school in 1964, and then studied with the global elite at Oxford University. There she met her to-be husband. Years later they settled in the United Kingdom, where they had two sons.
During this time, Suu Kyi continued to watch as her country was sinking further into dictatorship.
After nationwide protests against the one-party rule and the military dictatorship culminated in what later became known as the 8/8/88 Uprising protesters were in search of a leader. They looked to the then 43-year-old Suu Kyi to fill the shoes of her father -- as a fighter for Burmese democracy.
And that’s exactly what she did.
But what was her journey to leadership and what would she do once she achieved her goal? And what would her leadership mean for the Rohingya in Rakhine state and the alleged ethnic cleansing was taking place in Myanmar?
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Myanmar's Real-Estate Sector Sizzles
Investors flock to Myanmar's real estate sector ahead of promised reforms. Source from Reuters
TAUKKYAN CEMETERY, THE SECOND WORLD WAR CEMETERY in MYANMAR
This short video is part of our one week holiday in Yangon, Myanmar during February 2019.
Taukkyan Cemetery is the 2nd World War Cemetery in Myanmar and is one of the most visited and high rated war sites of all Asia.
More detail situation of this cemetery you can find in this video.
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May Sabai Phyu from Kachin Peace Network briefly explains about the third anniversary event in Yangon.
4 Minutes Presentation of Active In Missions Today
This is an overview presentation of the work of Active In Missions Today and Yangon Grace Bible School, Myanmar
2013 Myanmar Mission December
Firefly Mission together with SSS on Myanmar Trip in Dec 2013
Aung San Suu Kyi, 2011 Wallenberg Lecture
Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has committed her life to the non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma. Since 1988, she has been the leader of the democratic opposition and a voice of conciliation and unity among the regions and peoples of Burma.
About the Wallenberg Medal and Lecture
Each year the recipient of the Wallenberg Medal is invited to present a lecture at the University of Michigan. The medalists take the stage at Rackham Auditorium and share their stories with an audience drawn from our campus and many surrounding communities.
Each Lecture is different. In some years, survivors of Nazi persecution recounted their physical resistance in face of hellish danger. In others, medalists considered the effect over the years that the bravery of friends and family has had on the course of history. Lectures have been given by politicians who explain why they resisted unjust governments and, in turn, worked to develop a new order, honoring their personal vision with decades of public service. Some medalists have focused on their missions: to reject a life of wealth and rescue people who are literally slaves of corrupt businesses; to devote a life to the non-violent and peaceful pursuit of human rights.
What the Wallenberg Lecturers have in common is their ability to inspire all with their vision, and the reality of their strength to act upon that vision. Here is the power of an eyewitness account to convince us that, although evil truly occurs, with moral courage individual actions effect a change in the world. In their Lectures, the Wallenberg medalists reveal a common characteristic: they acted selflessly without expectation of reward. The Lectures are profiles of moral excellence in ordinary people. The words of the medalists help us to imagine how it is that some can see all people as human; they share a vision of human dignity.
What a $30 USD hotel looks like in Beijing, China
This is just a quick video to show what type of hotel you can get for $30/night in China. $30 is a lot of money for a place to stay but I decided to splurge for a few nights. Other nights I stayed in a hostel for about $7 a night.
President Obama Holds a Press Conference
President Obama holds a press conference in the East Room of the White House. November 14, 2012.