Twenty Years of Marking Time
After 20 years of political stalemate, the iconic images of Burma’s 1988 pro-democracy uprising have lost none of their immediacy.
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Memories of 8.8.88
Journalist DOMINIC FAULDER recalls clandestine visits to Burma in 1988 to report the country’s story to the world, in an historic period of upheaval.
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Secrets of Commune 4828
The Burmese Communist Party played a shadowy role in the 1988 pro-democracy uprising, AUNG ZAW writes.
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The Price of Disunity
Burma’s democracy movement needs some serious soul-searching, says KYAW ZWA MOE, if it hopes to secure its aims.
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Delta Blues
Statistics pile up, painting a grim picture of the depth of the loss among struggling survivors in the Irrawaddy delta. AUNG THET WINE reports from Laputta, Burma.
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The Caribbean Connection
International gas and oil companies are using offshore tax havens to disguise their investments in Burma, writes WILLIAM BOOT.
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CULTURE
Neither Vihear nor There
An 11th-century Hindu temple on the Thailand-Cambodian border becomes a point of conflict, threatening to revive age-old border disputes, writes DAVID PAQUETTE.
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