| Editorial_June 2006 |
 Rising Waters Attacks by the Burmese army in Karen State have displaced thousands of villagers. Phil Thornton visits a makeshift camp where a growing number of refugees have fled to evade the country’s marauding army. |
 An Uncertain Fate Government attacks in Karen State has forced many to seek shelter in neighboring Thailand. Shah Paung speaks to residents of Mae Ra Moo refugee camp about their long journey to the border and their uncertain future. |
 The Rohingya Riddle Burmese Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have faced difficulties on both sides of the border. Clive Parker reports on one of Burma’s most vulnerable ethnic groups. |
 Bizarre Night Bazaar Burma’s drug trade is flourishing in an unusual floating market in southern Burma. Aung Zaw unravels the route by which drugs travel overland to coastal ports and then to international markets. |
 A Burmese Spy Comes in from the Cold Burma’s much-feared intelligence forces have largely operated in the shadows, inspiring terror among all levels of society. Aung Zaw speaks with a former member of this dreaded cabal who recently fled Rangoon. |
 How not to Grant Autonomy An isolated Russian republic proves to be an object lesson in how not to federate Burma along ethnic lines. Bertil Lintner explores the unusual Jewish Autonomous Region of Birobidzhan. |
 The Thai King’s Over-Taxed Prerogative Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej has often intervened in moments of intense political turmoil. Bruce Kent looks at the country’s current political crisis, one that may yet again require the King’s healing influence. |
 Laughing All the Way to Prison A popular Burmese comedian has once again drawn fire from the country’s repressive regime. Ko Thet evaluates the latest political trials of well-known humorist Zarganar. |
 The Year of Living Degenerately Expatriates in Burma often occupy an ambiguous moral position. David Scott Mathieson reviews Land of a Thousand Eyes, Peter Olszewski’s memoir of a year of decadence in Rangoon. |
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