| Editorial_July 2005 |
 Terminal Sanctuary At least 100,000 ethnic Karen have been displaced since 2002 with many ending up at refugee camps inside the Thai border. Edward Blair looks at what their future holds. |
 A Life in Hiding Yeni investigates the plight of Internally Displaced People based at Ler Per Her refugee camp and their association with the KNU. |
 Limbo Land Applying for refugee status is far from straightforward. Aung Lwin Oo examines the process and finds that thousands of people are being left in no man’s land. |
 Tradition or Sideshow? The famous “long-neck” women of the Padaung have long been a major tourist attraction. Kyaw Zwa Moe asks at what price? |
 The Fading Promise of Youth With the NLD seemingly in a state of crisis, Toby Hudson reports from Rangoon on the main opposition party’s next generation. |
 The Real Reason Behind Prisoner Releases When hundreds of political prisoners were released by Burma’s ruling junta in early July, many saw it as a positive sign of things to come. Aung Zaw argues the releases were predictably self-serving. |
 The Vanishing Lady Tycoon The casino town of Maija Yang in northern Burma is a magnet for Chinese gamblers but, as Khun Sam reports, trouble is never far away. |
 Living Under the Eye of the Dragon Aung Zaw visits Kunming in southern China, where members of the fractured Communist Party of Burma enjoy an uneasy existence. |
 A Cautious Handshake John McBeth in Jakarta charts the gradual restoration of military ties between the US and Indonesia and, while noting recent progress, sees a long road ahead. |
 Life and Death in the Philippine Press The levels of press freedom in the Philippines may be envied by other countries in the region but Melinda Quintos de Jesus says media influence is spiraling out of control. |
 Rangoon’s Deserted Museums Rangoon’s museums present Burmese history in an idiosyncratic, if rather subjective way, as Toby Hudson found out on a recent tour. |
 Scared Stiff In Karaoke Fascism, Monique Skidmore takes an ethnographic scalpel and attempts to dissect modern Burmese life. David Scott Mathieson finds the operation only partially successful. |
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