Kawl mangpa in, October 1, 2009 a kipan in Kyats 5000 kizang tading ci hi. 5000 Kyats banknotes tung ah, Saipi lim tuang a, a langlam ah, Naypyidaw lim dan ki omsak uhi. Kawlgam a democracy ki ukna tawh ih kalsuan hun ciang in, Banknote a kibawl hi leh, Aung San Su Kyi maan/lim ki tuangsak thei ding dan, graphic design lam siam te bawl zong cimphawng in en dih ni.

Aung San Suu Kyi, pictured above, is known internationally as a pro-democracy figure and advocate of non-violent resistance in Burma. She leads a party called the National League for Democracy, which she cofounded in 01988, and was elected Prime Minister in 01990. However, the junta refused to hand over power, and Dr Suu Kyi has been held under house arrest for 12 of the 18 years since then.

Websites and blogs with anti-government expressions continue to proliferate the burmese e-world and understandably so given not only the existence of those inside burma who oppose its iron-fisted governance, but the large expatriate community scattered all over the world who have been frustratedly speaking out for decades....

So if mimic currency portraying ASSK is indeed being designed or circulated, the folks who are doing so probably are risking their lives and their livelihood. but they're also envisioning a future where Burma will revert to being ruled by those whom they believe should rule: civilians (as depicted by national heroes such as Aung San Suu Kyi--currently under house arrest in Rangoon--and her father Aung San--who was assassinated in 1948 and could be regarded as the "George Washington" of Burma) vice the military.

However small the movement, it's a bold move. perhaps a brave new world awaits the Burma of the future, albeit it may not be in the very near future!

The military government announced the 5000 Kyats will be used as of October 1, 2009. Here is a picture captured from the Myanmar Radio and Televition. 5000 Kyats will be about equal to US$ 4 in the black market.

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