(Book review) Capitals move. And capitals often move, as in the case of Burma's generals uprooting the country's administrative center from Rangoon to Naypyidaw, for quite rational and...

The political, social and economic tragedy that exists in present day Burma is a permanent stain on humanity. In the words of Tin Oo, Deputy Leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD), “Burma is a prison within a prison.” The thoughts, movements and actions of 50 million civilians are under constant surveillance by a government obsessed with maintaining control.

(Book Review) Traveling east, crossing the internal border demarcating the Indian states of West Bengal and Sikkim, there is the distinct feel of entering a frontier area outside the unchallenged purview of the central state – special travel documents,

The suffocating media environment inside Burma over the course of recent decades forced Burma’s independent media to reinvent itself in exile. Taking advantage of the flow of refugees emigrating from Burma to neighboring countries, Burma’s exile media offers opportunities for the country’s youth and professionals to work for both self and country, in the fight to restore freedom of the media and democracy inside Burma.

The debut of one of Burma’s leading writers, Nu Nu Yi, into the English-language literary arena has been met with critical acclaim. Soon after Smile As They Bow was published, her first novel to be translated into English, Nu Nu Yi made it to the shortlist along with five other novels by Asian writers for the inaugural 2007 Man Asian Literary Prize ...

"It is not an easy task to compile a comprehensive account of last year's protests in Burma, which came to be known as the "Saffron Revolution". However, looking at Burma's disappearance from the news and considering the regime's straightforward attempt to let the dust settle on those memorable days and promote a democracy of false facades, it is, no doubt, highly desirable to present such an account...