It isn't easy working as a journalist under Burma's military rulers. The army has run the country since 1962, and although there were elections in November 2010 - the first in two decades - the army's party won easily and the new Government is headed by Thein Sein, a former General and Prime Minister under the ancien regime.
Matthew Smith | Posted 05.25.2011
Sadly, money laundering, corruption, and partnerships between violent regimes and willing banks is all too common, even when it's illegal.
Robert Weller | Posted 05.25.2011
In pushing for democracy while holding out an olive branch to the military dictators, Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi's post-detention debut demonstrated the capability to compromise while retaining her basic values.
Cynthia Boaz | Posted 05.25.2011
In honor of the upcoming elections in Burma, here is a re-post of an article published at Truthout by me and Shaazka Beyerle in October of 2007. The...
Robert Amsterdam | Posted 05.25.2011
Long a staunch US ally and once a reliable partner in the region, under the nose of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton Thailand has morphed into a threat to regional peace and serial human rights abuser.
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar's ruling junta chief confirmed Monday that the country's first general elections in two decades will be held this year...
AP | DENIS D. GRAY | Posted 05.25.2011
BANGKOK — The recent aborted voyage of a North Korean ship, photographs of massive tunnels and a secret meeting have raised concern that one of ...
New York Times | Seth Mydans | Posted 05.25.2011
Almost lost in the clamor over Myanmar's devastating cyclone, the house arrest of the charismatic pro-democracy leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, reaches ...
Simon Roughneen | Posted 11.13.2011