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Dissecting The Lady and Burma’s hope

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suu-kyi-book-cover-newShortly before 5 p.m. on November 13, 2010, a sudden burst of activity engulfed the far gate to Aung San Suu Kyi’s compound, as dozens of men ...
Last Updated ( Monday, 12 December 2011 15:18 )
 

Daniel Pedersen’s Secret Genocide a disappointment

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secret-genocide-book(Book Review) – There are a growing number of books about the Karen struggle in eastern Burma, but with the exception of The Long Patrol by ...
Last Updated ( Monday, 12 December 2011 15:19 )
 

Shan leader Shwe Ohn writes his autobiography

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The cover of Shwe Ohn's autobiography which looks at this life as a key political leader in modern Shan history.  Photo:  Shan Herald News Agency(Book Review) Shwe Ohn is known in Burma as one of the last living Panlong Conference-generation Shan leaders. In his autobiography, ...
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 13 December 2011 21:59 )
 

Burma and the future of Indian Ocean politics

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(Book Review) Rain lashed down at dusk on small fishing boats bobbing on a turbulent Andaman Sea as candles flickered through windows open to ...
 

Burma and the vagaries of national reconciliation

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“Burma’s political stand-off and prospects of conflict transformation and/or resolution have long been dominated by actors ...
Last Updated ( Friday, 04 February 2011 16:18 )
 

The faces and stories of Burma’s refugees

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For two days we walked, crossing in and out of Thailand and Burma. The little dirt path we traversed was a low-volume highway of people on the move – farmers, ..
 

Unmasking the familiar

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Even if there had yet to be an attempt to write a biography of Burma’s military strongman, Senior General Than Shwe has long occupied a position of ...
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 27 July 2010 15:07 )
 

The Nargis looking glass

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(Book review)  The waiting lounge for the Rangoon-bound flight at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport had a distinctly different feel to it than on previous trips. Almost exclusively, ...     
 

Imbibing national miasma in a searching Burma

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Some dozen years ago I found myself sharing in the daily labors of the residents of a sea-swept monastery in the southern Burmese coastal town of ...      
 

Little Daughter: A Memoir of Survival in Burma and the West

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(Book review) Imagine you are walking a trail to school littered with landmines; education is restricted because you spend your life on the run between villages, living in jungles and refugee camps to avoid mortar shelling;...
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 01 July 2009 18:44 )
 
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