Aung Thurein

[Thant Myint-U @thantmyintu]

Part of the problem with UN and many other international approaches to Myanmar over decades is that they wrongly presume the existence of a reasonably functioning modern state and of a political elite that has some understanding of the rest of the world https://t.co/BqsJEm4Ixh

[Thant Myint-U @thantmyintu]

Actually, bodybuilding one of modern Burma’s first sports. Bodybuilder U Zaw Weik competed as weightlifter at Hilter’s 1936 Berlin Olympics. https://t.co/sS13ml69nt

[Thant Myint-U @thantmyintu]

For understanding Myanmar today, important to remember that the Burmese are singularly adept at not thinking about things they don’t want to

[Aung Thurein @AungThurein4]

@matthewfsmith My friend you gonna lose your job soon. Update your CV and send it to me. Eventually, truth shall be prevailed, Mr Lobbyist.

[Aung Thurein @AungThurein4]

@matthewfsmith @FortifyRights This guy seems to have determined to project bad image on Myanmar in all the ways he can. Pathetic!

[Thant Myint-U @thantmyintu]

I think "the world" (meaning Western policy makers) never really interested in depth of Myanmar's problems or practical measures to fix them https://t.co/wTbDw1sfZW

[Thant Myint-U @thantmyintu]

Great overview of UN reform by @RichardGowan1. Management overhaul alone would be heroic accomplishment https://t.co/noHVNBlvr5

[Thant Myint-U @thantmyintu]

Myanmar best example of this (though not mentioned in article): China's planned bridge to Indian Ocean running up against history, politics. https://t.co/z4amjs1aT0

[Zaw Htay @ZawHtayMyanmar]

Office of the Commander in Chief: Myanmar military troops withdrew from Nothern #Rakhine to Sittwe

https://t.co/q5lw7JULOE

[Zaw Htay @ZawHtayMyanmar]

Myanmar State Counsellor, business tycoons discuss about the rehabilitation of Northern #Rakhine State !

[Thant Myint-U @thantmyintu]

Canaries falling: are Myanmar's democratic hopes beginning to fade? https://t.co/vVnbcX9cvJ

[Aung Thurein @AungThurein4]

@matthewfsmith Matthew come and work for me. I will give you a decent job. #Stop_spreading_lies. Your food depends on falsity and tears. Poor you!

[Thant Myint-U @thantmyintu]

Interesting. Didn't know Steinbeck proposed to DH a UN "peerage" that would have included Einstein, Casals, Picasso, and Shostakovich... https://t.co/2bGcgNLPLq

[Jonathan Head @pakhead]

Best historical background to Rakhine you can read in just 2 pages by @thantmyintu https://t.co/ehgjWNo584

[Thant Myint-U @thantmyintu]

UN Emergency Relief Coordinator and head of UNICEF on their way to the Bangladesh-Myanmar border. https://t.co/3qLUBQ1zWE

[Zaw Htay @ZawHtayMyanmar]

United Nations appreciate #Myanmar Government for the field trip to #Rakhine State.

[Aung Thurein @AungThurein4]

@matthewfsmith You must have been fed with tons of $$.

[Thant Myint-U @thantmyintu]

For some, Myanmar was only about empty symbolism. For some, Myanmar is still only about empty symbolism. https://t.co/bwYFTXr9wr

[Aung Thurein @AungThurein4]

@matthewfsmith Aren't you tired of lobbying those Bengali? Take some break man!

[Zaw Htay @ZawHtayMyanmar]

[Reuters: Egypt's Hasm militants claim attack targeting Myanmar embassy.]

Pls take care Myanmar Nationals around the world!