| Thai-Burma Relations: Back on Track? |
Drug production, once the domain of insurgents fighting against Rangoon, has become the cornerstone of the mainstream economy, and the bane of Burma’s neighbors. |
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Three years after the fall of Suharto, the Indonesian press is facing new challenges in the wake of sudden media liberalization and rapid market expansion. |
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Despite their jailers’ efforts to shackle their minds, Burmese political prisoners remain determined to learn even under the worst of circumstances. |
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As the push to resettle Burmese exiles in third countries continues apace, those who remain in Thailand’s "Safe Area" for student activists have reason to fear for the future. |
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Thai army chief Gen Surayud Chulanot will likely soon take over as Supreme Commander of Thailand’s Armed Forces. Gen Surayud, who is highly respected both within the military and among the public for his professionalism, is set to leave his current position in October. |
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As a poet, monk and political exile, Friedrich Lustig—known in Burma as Ashin Ananda—acquired a unique understanding of his adoptive homeland. |
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An American dentist travels deep into the world of Burma’s Internally Displaced Persons, and discovers a people driven by fear into an uncertain future. |
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