February 21, 2017

FILM SUBMISSION OPEN for: 10th Annual Myanmar Film Festival of Los Angeles –MFFLA 2017

2017 Myanmar Film Festival of Los Angeles – (10th Annual)   September 16-17, 2017, Los Angeles – USA (Held every year) The 10th annual Myanmar Film Festival of Los Angeles invites you to submit today for a chance to shine a spotlight on your film! Submissions are now open. The Myanmar Film Festival of Los… Read More Now »

October 13, 2014

Lecture & Book-Signing – Daybreak in Myanmar (Nov. 16, 2014)

Myanmar in Southeast Asia is one of the least known places in the world, due to the military dictatorship that has isolated the country for the past sixty years. Now that the government is making the transition to democracy, the veil is slowly lifting, as are travel and economic sanctions. In Daybreak in Myanmar, these… Read More Now »

September 18, 2014

Myanmar-Lethwei-Boxing: Asia’s ‘new’ martial arts sensation

Punches, headbutts, knockouts: Asia’s ‘new’ martial arts sensation By Justin Calderon, for CNN (CNN) — It’s been more than 20 years since he fought in a sandpit, but Lone Chaw still recalls the dusty village lots of his youth, unmarked except for footprints stained by sweat and blood. Stamping about in a ritual known as “lat… Read More Now »

August 6, 2014

2014 Myanmar Film Festival of Los Angeles is on September 13 & 14, 2014!

The Network of Myanmar American Association, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Myanmar Film Festivals in the United States, invites you to the 7th Annual Myanmar (Burmese) Film Festival of Los Angeles. The festival will be held at Downtown Independent Theater (http://www.downtownindependent.com/), a state-of-the-art facility located in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles. Festival… Read More Now »

April 25, 2014

ICE POISON (冰毒): screening at the 30th LA Asian Pacific Film Festival (May 01 – May 11, 2014)

Directed by: Midi Z 2014 | 95 min.                            Countries: Myanmar, Taiwan Languages: Burmese, Mandarin CGV 2 621 S Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90005 Monday, May 5, 2014 9:30 pm – 11:30 pm ICE POISON, about an impoverished man, a troubled woman, and Burma’s dope trade is as distanced as it is beautiful as it… Read More Now »

September 5, 2013

Southeast Asia Day Oct 5 at Aquarium of the Pacific

Don’t miss this wonderful family event at the Aquarium. With coupon receive $10 off adult admission. Experience Southeast Asia Day for just $15.95. Saturday, October 5, 2013 Southeast Asia Day 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. The Aquarium of the Pacific will celebrate its ninth annual Southeast Asia Day. The festival program will highlight the beauty and diversity… Read More Now »

June 15, 2013

Myanmar’s Educators Reach Out to the World

By LARA FARRAR Published: May 5, 2013 YANGON, MYANMAR – Yangon Technological University has come a long way since it was the site of anti-government student protests in 1988 that eventually spread across Myanmar. The campus has been refurbished and a sense of normality is beginning to return. Undergraduate students, barred for about a decade,… Read More Now »

June 5, 2013

ASEAN Economic Ministers Roadshow to LA, Silicon Valley, and Washington,D.C.

On June 10-14 the US-ASEAN Business Council, in collaboration with the U.S. Government and the governments of ASEAN, is organizing a Roadshow for the ASEAN Economic (Trade) Ministers to Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, and Washington, D.C. highlighting job-promoting trade and economic opportunities between the United States and Southeast Asia.  The reception is a unique opportunity… Read More Now »

May 3, 2013

World Economic Forum on East Asia 2013

Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, 5-7 June 2013 Courageous Transformation for Inclusion and Integration This year’s meeting will focus on three pillars: Inspiring Inclusive Transformation Realizing Regional Integration Scaling Regional Solutions for Global Resilience After a series of bold economic and political reforms in Myanmar, the meeting will be the first leading international gathering of senior… Read More Now »