Ne Win, the ascetic Burmese ruler, never was a man for glad-handing foreign visitors or rubbing elbows with his people. In recent months, the onetime army commander has become even more of a recluse than before. Since midsummer, he has not been seen in public, has met with no members of the press and has limited his contacts among Burmese political leaders to a small handful of inside advisers. Ne Win has good reason to be withdrawn and moody. Right now, Burma has as many troubles as any country in Southeast Asia.
Peking Troublemaking. Ne Win's "Socialist Way," which called...
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