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
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Q&A: Golden Parasol Author Wendy Law-Yone on Gauging Dictators and Burma’s Reforms
This month, Burma marks 25 years since the student-led 8888 democracy uprising — named after Aug. 8, 1988 — was brutally crushed by its former ruling military junta. That this downtrodden Southeast Asian nation was allowed to …
Jakarta Bomb a Warning That Burma’s Muslim-Buddhist Conflict May Spread
The fear now is that the plight of Burma’s Muslim minority has become a battle cry for Islamist militants in Indonesia
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 …
Aung San Suu Kyi Produces Her Father’s Biopic, but Don’t Expect Miracles
Four young men file into a conference room in downtown Rangoon, dressed in 1940s military uniform, and stand in front of a panel of Burma’s top cultural figures. Some of the panel members have recently been released from prison …
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Japan is becoming the dominant economic force in Burma, Pakistan suffers from a severe power shortage and Chinese hackers have reportedly stolen the floorplans for an Australian spy agency’s new headquarters
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 …
In Burma, Satellite Images Show Extent of Religious Violence
The scale of devastation wreaked by last month’s communal riots in central Burma has been revealed by new satellite images. The remains of hundreds of smoldering homes scar three once thriving Muslim neighborhoods of Meiktila, …
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Many Brazilian supermarkets will avoid meat from cattle raised in the Amazon, Malaysia – not China – is Asia’s top investor in Africa and Italian Supreme Court judges ruled that Amanda Knox should stand retrial for the death of …
Obstacles Ahead in Burma’s Opium War
Despite recent democratic reforms, questions remain whether Burma’s government can rein in its wild hinterland and tackle the burgeoning opium trade
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The Mexican government targets the powerful teachers’ union for education reform, Japan has a serious shortage of day care centers and Egypt has grounded all hot air balloon flights in the wake of Tuesday’s deadly crash
Horror at Sea: Adrift for Months, Starving Asylum Seekers Threw 98 Bodies Overboard
Thirty-two asylum seekers rescued by the Sri Lankan navy say they went without food for 21 days and were forced to throw dozens of dead overboard after their wooden vessel failed at sea
Pushed from Burma, Stateless Rohingya Flee by Boat
In the wake of bloody sectarian violence last year, more and more Rohingyas are betting what little they still have on a dangerous journey at sea