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May, 2008Volume 16 No.5
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May, 2008 - Volume 16 No.5
| A 'No' Vote Means 'Let's Have a Dialogue' |
 A Clouded Vision WILLIAM BOOT looks at Asean’s plan for free movement of labor. |
 Hard Labor Malaysia holds the promise of work permits and good wages, but many Burmese workers find themselves exploited and their dreams shattered, writes VIOLET CHO. |
 A Dangerous, Difficult Life The tragic deaths of 54 Burmese migrant workers highlight once again the hazards of working abroad illegally, writes VIOLET CHO. |
 Burma Activists Try to Make it Big in Hollywood SHWE MOE looks at the attempts by Burmese activists to make Burma a cause célèbre among Hollywood stars. |
 Rice: A Serious Shortage or Market Manipulation? Rising prices, bad harvests, rationing in supermarkets—is Asia facing a food crisis? |
 A Tale of Two Seaports HTET AUNG compares Danang and Moulmein and finds the Vietnamese port vastly ahead of its Burmese equivalent. |
 The Emperor’s New Clothes YENI asks whether Than Shwe has dug himself into a hole by overestimating his support in the May 10 referendum. |
 Ruling the Rulers Efforts to limit the powers of Burma’s absolute monarchs failed. So did the monarchy, writes MIN LWIN. |
 The ‘Balkanization’ of Burma? DAVID SCOTT MATHIESON reviews two new studies that examine Burma’s fragmented political terrain. |
 Burma’s Hip-hop Under Attack Some of Burma’s best-known hip-hop artists are facing performance bans, arrest and imprisonment for supporting the pro-democracy movement. |
 Blacking Out Thai Film Censorship International award winning Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul hits back at his country’s censors by showing local cinemagoers what they’re missing. |
 Kyemon U Thaung and Ludu Daw Amar: Two Outstanding Journalists It’s the end of an era for Burmese journalism, with the passing of two of its brightest lights within four days of each other in April. |
 Burma’s Brawn and Brain Drain With little hope of acquiring higher education or decent jobs at home, young people in Burma are looking abroad for opportunities, reports MYO CHIT THU. |
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