Shortly 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 ...
Dissecting The Lady and Burma’s hope Shortly 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 ... Daniel Pedersen’s Secret Genocide a disappointment (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 ...Shan leader Shwe Ohn writes his autobiography (Book Review) Shwe Ohn is known in Burma as one of the last living Panlong Conference-generation Shan leaders. In his autobiography, ...Burma and the future of Indian Ocean politics
(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
“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
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
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
(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
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
(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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