Rest in Peace “Jimmy” Kyaw Min Yu

On July 23, 2022, the military in Myanmar secretly executed four leaders of the country’s freedom movement. The martyrs’ families, like the men themselves, were not given advance notice. Final goodbyes were never said. Only after the dictatorship publicly announced the hangings two days later, on Monday, July 25, did the families and the world learn about these cold-blooded murders. To add to the pain, the remains of the deceased have disappeared. The regime is being as brutal as possible in order to make clear that opposition to their rule will result in maximum pain and suffering. Among those killed were some of the most loved and popular leaders of the ongoing movement to overthrow the dictatorship: hip hop artist and elected parliamentary representative, Phyo Zeya Tha, leader of Generation Wave, which followed the 2007 Saffron Revolution; Hla Myo Aung; Aung Thura Zaw; and Kyaw Min Yu – better known to his friends, among whom I count myself, as “Jimmy.”

“Glory to Ukraine!” “Victory Shall Be Ours”

I want to convey to you, our dear beloved Koreans, that Russian troops will not defeat our country; victory shall be ours. And it will be a victory for the entire civilized world. This will be a victory for your beautiful country as well. We think that you know well what a war or union with a “brotherly” people is. We have a national slogan, or rallying cry, in Ukraine; we say, “Glory to Ukraine!” And the reply is “Glory to the heroes!”

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The Hwajeong I-Park collapse is on another level.

The Donghak Peasant Rebellion: A Bloody Chapter in Jeolla History

“It was not only one of the fiercest struggles by commoners for democratic reforms, but it was also the beginning of the anti-Japanese movement.”

Kudos to the Nation’s Unsung Heroes: Fighters of the Flames

“In matters of life and death, while others turn away, they are always the ones who choose to stay.”