Feature
December 20, 2011
| Sai Wansai
President Thein Sein seems to be on the right track, when he ordered or instructed the military on December 10 to cease its offensive against the...
December 4, 2011
| Kyaw Hla
Alam (not his real name), a twenty-seven year-old Bangladeshi, smuggled Yaba methamphetamine tablets across Bangladesh from the Burmese border...
November 25, 2011
| MON HONGSAWATOI
It was cool and crisp in the early morning on Saturday June 11, 2011. The smells brought in by the monsoon winds were very pleasant. As I lay on my...
November 21, 2011
| Kyaw Hla
Twenty-five year-old Abdul (not his real name) and other refugees who have been living in small sheds in Bangladesh for over 20 years had high hopes...
November 17, 2011
| Ah Mee
Many people visit the street in Shweli where the bars are. Shweli, also known as Ruili, is a Chinese town on the Sino-Burma border. A few years back...
November 13, 2011
| Phyu Phyu Ko
(Feature) Kyu Kyu waits for customers in the parlor room of the brothel house after she finishes putting on her make-up in the afternoon. She talks...
November 4, 2011
| Ah Mee
Many customers are sitting in a teashop owned by a Thai-Muslim businessman in Chiang Mai. Some customers order tea without milk, while others order...
November 2, 2011
| Sai Wansai
With Thein Sein government seen as almost bending over backwards to pave way for Aung San Suu Kyi led National League for Democracy (NLD) party re-...
November 1, 2011
| Min Tawlawe
Wednesday 19 February 1992, the first waning day of Tapoe Twe, was a sunny day. On that day, many people gathered near the Shwe Mawdaw Pagoda waiting...
October 27, 2011
| aw Hser Kler
A group of ethnic journalists inside Burma is to launch a weekly journal called “The Union” in the last week of November which will mainly focus on...
October 27, 2011
| Naw Hser Kler
It was on the full moon night of – Thidingyut - a night where Buddhists light candles and pray at temples or in their homes. I was wandering around a...
October 19, 2011
| Naw Hser Kler
Banners with “Teachers for Gender Equality” written on them were hanging on both walls and on the stage at the Children Development Center, a migrant...
October 10, 2011
| Maung Aye
Mray Bon: It will be one full year on the coming 22nd of October, since Cyclone Giri struck the Arakan Coast in western Burma, but the victims of...
September 28, 2011
| Kyaw Hla
(Feature) An eight-year-old girl, Hajara Khatun, and other refugee children joined together with their families to celebrate Eid-festival from August...
September 12, 2011
| Neisok
"There is no tribe if there is no tradition," according to Zo Vaphual, an elder of the Zomi Chin tribe, who spoke about preserving Zomi culture...