Although President Thein Sein has been awarded several prizes from international organisations for instituting reforms, the draconian laws that were used to persecute activists are still on the books while…
Author: NANCY HUDSON-RODD
Trouble brews as Burma turns to world markets
Has much changed in Burma in the year since Suu Kyi’s party attacked ‘blatant cronyism and corruption’, and how will its transformation to a prized economic asset impact on civilians?
Disempowering farmers puts a curse on Burma
The farmers who protested in Rangoon last week are an example of the struggle to break the mystique and impregnability of the powerful