Thailand is the third largest seafood exporter in the world, but much of the tuna, sardines, shrimp and squid it exports has …
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Tourists Enjoy Thai Beaches Unaware of Trafficking Camps Just a Boat Ride Away
Near the glitzy resorts of Phuket, local officials collude in the horrific trafficking of Rohingya refugees from western Burma
Far From Home and Fearing for Their Lives, Burma’s Kachin Celebrate a Grim Christmas
Around 100,000 people currently inhabit ramshackle displacement camps in freezing northernmost Burma, victims of a two-and-a-half-year struggle between ethnic rebels and central government
Is the World’s Longest-Running Civil War About to End?
Burma’s rebel groups agree in principle to a nationwide cease-fire pact, but hurdles remain
Boat Carrying Muslim Rohingya Sinks off Burma Coast
Minority group likely fleeing persecution
Burma’s Small-Scale Oil Barons Get Their Hands Dirty
Waist-deep in pits of crude oil, longyi-clad roughnecks burrow a living from black gold in the most improbable of landscapes. Ko Min, 26, manually extracts the viscous liquid from his three 300-foot-deep wells in Minhla township, …
After Hotel Blast, Western Governments Caution Travelers to Burma
U.K. Foreign Office warns of “a high threat of terrorism”
Police: Time Bomb Caused Burma Hotel Explosion
The latest in a series of bomb blasts across the country
Road Rage, Burma Style: Parking Dispute Sparks Violent Buddhist Riot
A Buddhist mob goes on the rampage and torches Muslim buildings in Arakan state after a row over a loading bay triggers long-standing ethnic and religious tensions
Burmese Refugees Remain in Limbo by Thai Border Despite Political Reforms
The wrinkled limestone karst landscape of the Thai-Burmese border is home to around 130,000 Burmese refugees. Many who fled decades of ethnic conflict have lost their lands, families and livelihoods, and countless children born …
Internet Censorship Is Taking Root in Southeast Asia
Every time Le Anh Hung starts to write he thinks of his three young children. The 38-year-old has already been imprisoned twice for blogging about human rights and corruption from his home in Hanoi and lives half-expecting …
Burma’s Feared Ex-Spy Chief Finds a New Life as a Gallery Owner
On a muggy day in May in the ramshackle city of Rangoon, an elderly Burmese man straightened rows of jade jewelry in a souvenir case. He organized a stack of traditional Burmese music CDs, one of which was playing in the gift
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The Ancient Burmese City of Bagan Struggles for International Recognition
Propped up on bamboo scaffolding, two artisans are gently applying a dissolving solution to an arched ceiling inside Ananda, a signature temple of the ancient Burmese city of Bagan. They are removing layers of a white coating …