 Pity the Burmese Tsunami Survivors in Thailand
Burmese migrant workers and their families who survived the tsunami in southern Thailand have to cope now with hostile authorities and unfriendly Thai locals, reports Aung Lwin Oo.
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 So What’s in Store for Burma in 2005?
Aung Zaw analyzes astrological predictions for Burma in the coming year— including possible mutiny in the military government—and concludes, surprisingly, that some may turn out correct.
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 Thaksin Two
Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is gearing up for an almost certain second term, but the Thai public would do well to scrutinize his past history and future plans, writes Bruce Kent.
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 Yunnan’s Sin City
Kyaw Zwa Moe visits the Chinese border town of Ruili, China, home to a thriving market for prostitution, drugs, and corruption, held afloat by poor Burmese migrants, writes.
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 Tsunami Fails to Move Regime
NGOs estimate that around 10,000 people in Burma were directly affected by the tsunami, yet the Rangoon government refuses large-scale international assistance, reports Kyaw Zwa Moe.
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CULTURE
 Literature in Paralysis
The Burma Writers’ Union, long the preserve of dissent among Burma’s literati, has come under increased censorship and repression from the Rangoon government, Yeni writes.
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BOOK REVIEW
 The Burma Campaign and Beyond
Bertil Lintner reviews historian Julian Thompson’s Burma: The Forgotten War, an account of the World War II conflict between the Allies and the Japanese which involved participants from around the world and forever shaped the future of Southeast Asia.
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