Khin Hnin Kyi Thar

In this Burmese name, the given name is Khin Hnin Kyi Thar. There is no family name.
Khin Hnin Kyi Thar
ခင်နှင်းကြည်သာ
Khin Hnin Kyi Thar at the literary event
Born (1986-12-29) 29 December 1986 (age 37)
Pyinmana, Burma
NationalityBurmese
Alma materEast Yangon University
Yangon University
Occupation(s)Philanthropist, Journalist, Writer
SpousePhyo Wai Myint
Parent(s)Maung Maung San
Khin Ma Ma
AwardsCitizen of Burma Award

Khin Hnin Kyi Thar (Burmese: ခင်နှင်းကြည်သာ; born 29 December 1986) is a Burmese philanthropist, journalist and writer.[1] She is best known for her philanthropic work in Myanmar and as founder of the Individual Philanthropic Network.[2][3][4]

Khin listed in the Irrawaddy Magazine’s "Most Notable People of 2015"[5] and also named in the Mizzima's "Outstanding pioneer women in the era of Myanmar".[6]

Early life and education

Khin Hnin Kyi Thar was born on 29 December 1986 in Pyinmana, Mandalay Region, Myanmar but growing up in Yezin. She is the youngest of four siblings of Dr Maung Maung San and his wife Dr Khin Ma Ma. She has three older sisters.[7] Her father is a veterinary physician who served as rector of the University of Veterinary Science, Yezin and also a writer under his pen name Kyi Min. Her mother is also a veterinary physician who served as Pro-Rector of the University of Veterinary Science, Yezin. She graduated with a B.A (Library and information) from East Yangon University in 2006 and MLI from Yangon University in 2008.[3]

Career

Khin Hnin Kyi Thar at her book-signing event in 2017

Khin has enthralled in philanthropy since her childhood as a family value passed down by her parents. She been doing philanthropic work since 2007 and working as a journalist in 2010. She worked as a journalist and reporter at the Venus News Weekly Journal from 2011 to 2014, Myitmakha News Agency from 2014 to 2016 and also worked a producer at DVB TV News from 2016 to 2018. As a journalist, she and her colleagues founded the "Individual Philanthropists Network" that extols the virtues of philanthropy in the country.[1]

Her philanthropic work won her the Citizen of Burma Award in 2014 while her life story inspired a novel by Linkar Yi Kyaw. She published a book Chit Tae Thu Ko Thadi Ya Tae Akhar (When Missing Lovers) in 2017 and which included in the best seller books of the year 2017.[1][8]

Political activities

Following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, Khin Hnin Kyi Thar was active in the anti-coup movement both in person at rallies and through social media. She joined the "We Want Justice" three-finger salute movement. The movement was launched on social media, and many celebrities have joined the movement.[9][10]

On 5 April 2021, warrants for her arrest were issued under section 505 (a) of the penal code by the State Administration Council for speaking out against the military coup. Along with several other celebrities, she was charged with calling for participation in the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) and damaging the state's ability to govern, with supporting the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, and with generally inciting the people to disturb the peace and stability of the nation.[11][12]

Personal life

On 2 June 2019, Khin married Phyo Wai Myint, a philanthropist.

Work

  • Chit Tae Thu Ko Thadi Ya Tae Akhar (When Missing Lovers) (2017)

References

  1. ^ a b c Yamin Thu (8 July 2015). "Harnessing the power of giving". Eleven Media Group. Archived from the original on 2 January 2016.
  2. ^ Yen Saning (29 May 2014). "The Region Cannot Be Forgotten". The Irrawaddy.
  3. ^ a b "ပရဟိတသမားကို ဘောင်ခတ်ပြီး မကြည့်စေချင်ပါလို့ဆိုတဲ့ ခင်နှင်းကြည်သာ". Mizzima (in Burmese). 21 October 2015.
  4. ^ "RED CHAIR MEETS VOLUNTEER KHIN HNIN KYI THAR". Mizzima. 15 June 2017.
  5. ^ "People of 2015". The Irrawaddy (in Burmese). 18 December 2015.
  6. ^ "ထူးချွန်ထက်မြက်တဲ့ မြန်မာအမျိုးသမီးခေတ်တစ်ခေတ်ရဲ့ ရှေ့ဆောင်လမ်းပြများ". Mizzima (in Burmese). 30 March 2016.
  7. ^ "About Khin Hnin Kyi Thar – All Things Myanmar Burmese". Shwe Darling (in Burmese).
  8. ^ "WHEN MISSING LOVERS (KHIN HNIN KYI THAR)". citymall.com.mm.
  9. ^ "တရားမျှတမှု We Want Justice ကန်ပိန်းတွင် အနုပညာရှင်များပါဝင် ဆန္ဒထုတ်ဖော် (ဓာတ်ပုံ)". DVB (in Burmese). 4 February 2021.
  10. ^ "ရုပ်ရှင်၊ ဂီတ၊ စာပေ၊ သဘင်အနုပညာရှင်များက We Want Justice လက်သုံးချောင်းထောင်ပြီး လှုပ်ရှားမှုတွင်ပါဝင်". Eleven Media Group (in Burmese). 6 February 2021.
  11. ^ "ရုပ်ရှင်သရုပ်ဆောင် ခါရာ၊ အဆိုတော် သားငယ်နှင့် ဂျာနယ်လစ်များအပါအဝင် နောက်ထပ် အယောက် ၂၀ ကို အမှုဖွင့်". DVB (in Burmese). 5 April 2021.
  12. ^ "အမှန်တရားဘက်မှာ ရပ်တည်ခဲ့တဲ့အတွက် ဂုဏ်ယူမဆုံးဖြစ်ကြောင်း မြတ်နိုးအေး ပြော". The Irrawaddy (in Burmese). 6 April 2021.