 Withdrawal Symptoms The days of smoking opium are passing in Burma. Instead, drug users are injecting heroin or using methamphetamines, writes MARTIN JELSMA. |
 Burmese Daze The decline of opium production in the Golden Triangle does not mean that the Burmese junta has gone overboard in its eradication efforts, writes TOM KRAMER. |
 Capital Blues MIN KHET MAUNG takes a close look at Naypyidaw and finds a city without a heart. |
 The Joke’s on the Generals Burmese react to the misery of dictatorship with a fierce weapon—humor. YENI investigates the trend of political satire in Burma. |
 Burmese Journalist Wins Major International Press Award Associated Press reporter Aye Aye Win has won the 2008 Journalism and Courage Award from the International Women’s Media Foundation. |
 ‘Sickening’ Film on Plight of Burmese Migrant Fishermen A short documentary has been released showing how Burmese seamen aboard Thai fishing vessels are subjected to abuse and even murder. |
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