 Chronicle of a Cooked-up Crime As rumors swirled around the arrest and trial of Aung San Suu Kyi and her uninvited American visitor, THE IRRAWADDY pieced together the known facts of this bizarre case. |
 Sink or Swim Can efforts to relax US sanctions against Burma stay afloat in the wake of John William Yettaw’s fateful swim across Inya Lake? AUNG ZAW and NEIL LAWRENCE look at the impact. |
 Get the Ball Rolling Move over Liverpool and Man United! Burma’s first ever professional football league has kicked off and DAVID PAQUETTE runs down the teams and owners. |
 China’s Chance ANTOANETA BEZLOVA looks at how the global financial crisis has helped Beijing expand its influence in Southeast Asia. |
 Character Assassination, or Something Worse? Burma’s rulers may take their efforts to silence Aung San Suu Kyi a step further, says KYAW ZWA MOE. |
 Naked Defiance Artists pay scant attention to Burmese regime restrictions by tackling a taboo genre—the nude. JIM ANDREWS surveys the scene. |
 Never Say Die A prominent new voice in the world of Burma activism tells a timely tale of survival and determination in “Little Daughter: A Memoir of Survival in Burma and the West” by Zoya Phan and Damen Lewis, reviewed by NEIL LAWRENCE. |
 Asian Films a Powerful Presence at Cannes Asian movies make a powerful presence at the Cannes Film Festival. |
 Melamine, Chemical Dyes—What’s the Next Poison to Spike Burmese Food? A host of tainted foodstuff plagues Burmese shoppers. |
 What They Say One Year On Experts and on-the-ground workers assess the long-term implications of the international relief effort on the Burmese government. |
 Distrust and Division in the Delta On Cyclone Nargis’ first anniversary, writer HTET AUNG looks at the Burmese regime’s role in the relief effort and how it slowed recovery in the Irrawaddy delta. |
 Under a Stormy Sky One year after Cyclone Nargis devastated the Irrawaddy Delta, YENI writes that there’s a sense of accomplishment, but also a realization that recovery remains a distant goal for those without homes, land and livelihoods. |
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