The Konbaung dynasty (Burmese: ကုန်းဘောင်ခေတ်, pronounced [kóʊɴbàʊɴ kʰɪʔ]), formerly known as the Alompra dynasty, or Alaungpaya dynasty, was the last dynasty that ruled Burma/Myanmar from 1752 to 1885. It created the second-largest empire in Burmese history and continued the administrative reforms begun by the …

A government-organized non-governmental organization (GONGO) is a non-governmental organization that was set up or sponsored by a government in order to further its political interests and mimic the civic groups and civil society at home, or promote its international or geopolitical interests abroad.

The New Trophy Wives: Asian Women Rupert Murdoch has one. So do financiers Vivi Nevo and Bruce Wasserstein. Why are the West’s most powerful men coupling up with er Asian women?

The taxi raced down a slip road to the airport and then juddered to a halt in front of a small shack with chickens pecking outside. Ashin Wirathu, a monk whose hardline anti-Muslim positions have earned him the nickname “the Burmese Bin Laden,” smiled as he rolled down his window to chat with a journalist he recognized.

“Exegi monumentum aere perennius.” (I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze. (Horace)) “nonne amicus certus in re incerta cernitur?” (a friend in need is a friend in deed (our equivalent))

Femdom wives stories by Carmenica Diaz. eBooks include Addicted to Sally, All the Dominant Wives,Betsy Series,A Little Spice, A Different Marriage, The Debt, Milked, Goddess Carly, Faith

Rohingya women and teens have given chilling accounts of being d and sexually assaulted by groups of Burmese soldiers and police Reuters Women and teens as as 13 have been d and sexually assaulted by soldiers and police officers in Burma, according to an alarming report. In the latest

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Ents, also known as Onodrim (Tree-host) by the Elves, are a very old race that appeared in Middle Earth at the same time that the elves did. They were apparently created at the behest of Yavanna after she learned of Aulë’s ren, the dwarves, knowing that they would want to fell trees. Ents

SEX IN MYANMAR . Virginity has traditionally been greatly prized in modest Burma-Myanmar. A 1997 English language tourist brochure referred to Burma as “The Land of Virgins and the Restful Nights” and said its “trademark” …