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 The Chin and Mizo: Ex-brothers? United by geography, commerce and the colonial experience, the Chin and Mizo have grown apart in recent years, writes Karin Kaasik from Mizoram, India. |
 The Naga: Diminishing Gains? The Naga of India finally have peace but they remain isolated and poor, reports Karin Kaasik from Nagaland. |
First an attempted coup then an assassination—the details are sketchy and conspiracy theories abound. It’s clear that all is not well within the Kachin Independence Organization. |
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The former Soviet republic of the Ukraine is helping to satisfy the Rangoon regime’s apparently insatiable demand for modern weapon systems. |
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The career of Burma’s modern literary pioneer was marked by contradiction. |
 Earth and Fire James David Fahn’s A Land on Fire shows how Southeast Asia’s battle to protect the environment is closely intertwined with the struggle over democratic and economic progress, writes Anthony Faraday. |
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To cover one whole dead elephant with a lotus leaf. (A Thai Proverb) |
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The tight American sanctions that came into effect last year make international trading in Burma more complicated and expensive. But, with help from at least one Singaporean bank, Rangoon’s entrepreneurs have found ways around them. |
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