Burmese Publications

• Ko Henry Lim (Aung Myint) left RIT before graduation.
• Served as Chief Editor of the BAPS Newsletter.
• Also served as Associate Editor of the Commemorative Issue of RIT Alumni International Newsletter for SPZP-2000.
• Published bilingual Golden Padauk Magazine in the SF Bay Area.
• Doctors advised him to take a break while waiting for kidney transplant.
• Briefly published trilingual Durian Magazine.

• Several years ago, I received some issues of Ahara Magazine that was published in Japan.
• Ko Kyaw Win helped with the publication before moving to the SF Bay Area.
• For some time, he moved back to Burma.
• Saw him at a Fund Raiser at Newark Pavilion.

• Ko Maung Maung Kyi was a swimmer and a medical doctor in his younger days in Burma.
• He founded Mandalay Gazette in Southern California with the help of his spouse and colleagues.

• Ko Kai (Thakin Kai Bwor) joined RIT in the 80s and saw three years of school closure due to Security Concerns.
• Graduated with Mechanical in the early 90s.
• Moved to Japan and settled in USA.
• Helped Mandalay Gazette.
• Later founded Myanmar Gazette with his spouse.
• The free distribution of the Gazette is supported in part by paid advertisements (doctors, dentists, insurance agents, realtors, …).
• The online version can be downloaded (e.g from SCRIB-D).
• A local TV station interviewed Ko Kai.

• It is not easy to publish and/or maintain Burmese newspaper, journal or magazine overseas.