Feature

July 27, 2011
(Feature) International funds for Burmese refugees living in Thailand are being slashed --- ZOA, a major educational donor, plans to stop operating...
July 25, 2011
Mi Chit Phwar, mother of the 88 Generation Student leader, Min Zay Yar, who has been serving a 65 year and 5 month prison sentence in Lashio Prison,...
July 21, 2011
Sangkhlaburi, in Kanchanaburi province, Thailand, is beautiful in many ways because of its idyllic setting, nestled in the lush green banks of the...
July 21, 2011
Lu Lu, who lives in Huaymalai village in Sangkhlaburi Township, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand, has been taking care of orphans, old people (who are...
July 19, 2011
Hussain (not his real name) lives in Aley Than Kyaw Village, Maungdaw, in Arakan State, western Burma. The 45 year-old Rohingya daily labourer and...
July 14, 2011
A group of young people was cutting the grass in the compound of a Baptist Church on a Saturday evening in March, in Mountain Village, Mawchi...
July 13, 2011
(Feature) – Su Su Kyi is one of the thousands of relatives of political prisoners who must travel long distances across Burma to see their family...
July 8, 2011
Azara (alias) Lal Buri, the fifty six year-old wife of the late Abdullah, continues to struggle to survive in the Kutupalong makeshift camp since her...
July 7, 2011
The Three Pagoda Pass (TPP) area, where Mon and Karen people have been living for many years, was unstable before the 2010 general election was held...
July 6, 2011
(Feature) Thousands of devotees sat on the ground relaxed and quietly listening to a Dahmma talk in the early evening by Thaton Sayadaw (the visiting...
July 1, 2011
(Feature) Ban Don Yan refugee camp is located in the mountains about 20 miles away from the town of Sangkhlaburi, in Kanchanaburi Province in...
June 16, 2011
Ma Htet Htet San, age 38, was born in Sittawe city, the capital of Rakhine State. She operates a private school in the city, where she teaches. She...
June 15, 2011
As talk persists about repatriation of Burmese refugees living along Thailand’s western border, a refugee leader said he sees no possibilty for the...
June 15, 2011
Economic necessity and ongoing oppression by military authorities in Karen State have driven many in the Karen community to seek employment in...
June 11, 2011
A dire economy and grinding poverty in Karen State have left its education system in shambles and a generation of young people cut off from...

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