Inside the dilapidated lakeside mansion where Aung San Suu Kyi has been held a prisoner of the Burmese regime for nearly 15 years, the Burmese opposition icon will today celebrate…
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Burma's nuclear ambitions
A five-year investigation by DVB has uncovered evidence that Burma is embarking on a programme to develop nuclear weaponry. At the centre of the investigation is Sai Thein Win, a former defense…
Burma's gas scourge
Vast gas desposits off the coast of western Burma have proven a curse for the thousands of people deemed by the ruling junta to be standing in the way of…
The clash of ideologies
Burma shot to the world’s attention in September 2007 when thousands of monks took to the streets in protest against military rule. Following a bloody crackdown by the Burmese army,…
Children of disasters
Cyclone Nargis, which struck southern Burma in May 2008, left around 140,000 people dead and orphaned thousands of children. Many have since had to fend for themselves and their siblings;…
Burma's child soldiers
A Human Rights Watch report in 2002 labelled the Burmese junta the world’s leading recruiter of child soldiers. Despite concerted attempts by civil society groups and the International Labour Organisation…