Photo: Hpra Zau Ring, The Kachin Times If a picture is worth a thousand words, the photo above poignantly captures the pain and suffering of decades of war and displacement endured by the Kachins. The iconic photo by Hpra Zau Ring of The Kachin Times was taken as villagers from the Njang Yang conflict zone started arriving at […]
Lahpai Htu Raw, like her pioneer educator mother Nangzing Hka Jan, was a trailblazer. The 9th child, and 4th daughter of the Pangmu Duwa Rev. Lahpai Lahpai Zau Tu and Nangzing Hka Jan, she was the first Kachin woman to receive a college education. A bright child, Htu Raw learned to read even before she started school. […]
Photo: Kutkai Nsen Saturday August 31, 2019 looked to be a fine sunny day until the villagers of Mawhik were rudely awakened by the sound of gunfires around 7 am. Mawhik village is a suburb of Kutkai town in northern Shan state. It is right by the toll gate on the busy Mandalay-Muse road, also […]
Hkachyang Raw: First Kachin Female Soldier At a time when women fighters were not allowed to join the army, one Kachin woman beat the odds to become an enlisted soldier, fighting in the front lines with her male counterparts. Posing as a man, Hkachyang Raw enlisted with the Northern Kachin Levies, a British special force […]
Capt. Dau Hkawng is one who clearly deserves to be in the Burma Army competitive shooting hall of fame. He dominated the sport, winning championship after championship title atinter-regimental competitions at home and abroad, spanning a period of over 2 decades from British colonial times to the early days of independence. Dau Hkawng left home […]
Photo by Hkun Li In January 2009, Haruki Murakami received the Jerusalem Prize, a biennial literary award given to writers whose work deals with themes of human freedom, society, politics and government. In his acceptance speech Murakami spoke of the “System” which oppresses us. He said: “Each of us possesses a tangible living soul. The […]
