With local help, Myanmar soccer player seeking asylum in Japan

A goalkeeper for Myanmar’s national soccer team is refusing to return home and seeking asylum with the help of Japanese ...
Nippon

Three Fingers for Freedom: Myanmarese Goalkeeper Pyae Lyan Aung’s Path to Asylum in Japan

Players call out to each other in Burmese as they race up and down a small field in the heart of Shinjuku. Pyae Lyan Aung, a former goalkeeper for Myanmar’s national soccer team, blocks a shot and ...
The New York Times

Danger Awaited in Myanmar. So He Made a Daring Bid to Stay in Japan.

After defying Myanmar’s military rulers at a soccer match, Ko Pyae Lyan Aung decided to seek asylum. But he was being watched. By Ben Dooley and Hisako Ueno OSAKA, Japan — The soccer player’s plane ...
Forbes

Smile And Pyae Maung Share The Secrets Of Lotus Silk, One Of The World’s Most Expensive Fabrics

Smile and Pyae Maung are one of Myanmar’s most adored couples. She is a famous actress who hails from a film production family, and he is a scratch golfer who played for the Myanmar National Golf Team ...
Radio France Internationale

Exiled, but no regrets for Myanmar footballer two years after protest

Tokyo (AFP) – Refugee goalkeeper Pyae Lyan Aung fears for his safety if he returns home to Myanmar but he says he has no regrets about raising an anti-junta salute before a game two years ago. The ...