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Burmese Community in New York Watches Events in Myanmar

Sunday, October 07, 2007

By Sanda Htyte : Radio Rookies Associate Producer

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    In Front of the UN, Burmese Monk calls for regime to "Stop the Killing." (Melissa McElroy)

New York, NY –

Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, was renamed by the military regime that's been in power for over forty years. In the last few weeks, news reports about this Southeast Asian country have captured the attention of the world as thousands of Buddhist monks took to the streets to protest the economic hardship and lack of freedom for most of the population.

The Burmese community in New York has been keeping a close watch and WNYC's Sanda Htyte shares her thoughts on what it's like to watch these events from thousands of miles away.

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  • Sanda Htyte, Radio Rookies Associate Producer

    Sanda Htyte is Radio Rookies Associate Producer. She has been with Radio Rookies since interning at the Elmhurst workshop in summer of 2005. She is also a freelance video producer, director, editor and a CUNY Professor. While interning at Radio Rookies, Sanda was completing her MFA in documentary producing. Having studied both video and radio production at her Alma Mater, Brooklyn College, CUNY, she was asked to teach introduction to radio production as Adjunct Professor in Fall of 2006 as well as Spring 2007.

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