Feature
September 6, 2011
| Ying Lao
One day, I visited my friend and stayed for the night in her room. I woke up when I heard somebody open the door in the next room, around 2 a.m. My...
September 6, 2011
| Hnin Waddy Soe
"Do you know the government radio is saying a storm will come, Ma Than Than Soe", a customer asked the grocery shop owner on what seemed like an...
September 2, 2011
| Naw Con
(Feature) It was sunset when I went to see him. Cool wind from the Moei River, the natural boundary separating Burma and Thailand, softly touched his...
September 1, 2011
| Hseh Phoe Shay
Karenni Refugee Camp 1, about a one hour drive from Mae Hong Son City, in northwestern Thailand, is my home. I have lived there among 15,000 of my...
August 29, 2011
| Nava Thakuria
Finally the Indian Parliament has bowed down to listen to people’s voice on corruption and resolved to frame a strong anti-corruption legislation...
August 29, 2011
| Min Tawlawe
Burma, also known as Myanmar, is known across the world as a very culturally diverse nation, with eight major ethnic people groups and 127 smaller...
August 27, 2011
| Kaung Hsu Lite
I was asked to speak at the 61st Karen Martyrs’ Day commemoration ceremony. Karen people came together to pay homage to their men, women and in some...
August 24, 2011
| Phyu Phyu Ko
(Feature) Sometimes, when relatives and friends come to visit children at Baanunurak Orphanage, in Sangkhlaburi, Thailand, near the Burma border, 13...
August 22, 2011
| Naw Htoo Paw
The ethnic people of Burma are having a hard time. Burma Army soldiers are targeting women in the Kachin and Shan State for rape. Villagers are used...
August 19, 2011
| Zoya Phan
I don’t think many people in the west have any real understanding of what it is like to be driven out of your country, to have to flee for your life...
August 18, 2011
| Kyaw Hla
Hashim (not his real name) and other refugees want refugees’ rights and dignity protected by the UNHCR and the International community under the...
August 16, 2011
| Narinjara
It is said there are three happy days in Burmese society. They are: when a monk disrobes and becomes a layman again, the wedding day and the day...
August 10, 2011
| Ko Sai Leik
I was shocked when I heard about the gunfire between the KIA and the Burmese Army in Kachin State on June 19. As well, there have been gun battles...
July 29, 2011
| Paul Sochaczewski
(Feature) – Moses Samuels dreams about the “Golden Age” for Jews in Burma. Like most Jews everywhere, Samuels spends an inordinate amount of time...
July 28, 2011
| Seng Ja
(Feature) A new hybrid chess playing style was unveiled recently when chess enthusiasts from across South East Asia gathered in Myanmar for the first...