Dirty Old Town
In eastern Myanmar, just a stone’s throw from the Chinese border, lies a den of drug smuggling, gambling, and vice.
Myanmar’s Constitutional Uncertainty
A massive campaign for constitutional reform has ended, with uncertain results.
A Constitutional Conundrum
In recent years, Myanmar has shaken off its hermetic status and been embraced by the international community, but the country’s constitution remains a significant obstacle to moving beyond its militaristic past
Myanmar’s wildlife trafficking hotspot
Mong La has become a hub for gambling, prostitution and illegal animal products like ivory and tiger bones.
How The Optimism About Burma is Subverted By Its Never-Ending Civil War
Continuing ethnic conflict in Kachin State is a stark reminder of the limits to President Thein Sein’s much-heralded reforms.
Myanmar: God, golfing and guerrilla war
Life behind the lines of Kachin state’s bloody ethnic conflict.
Myanmar: No end in sight for Kachin conflict
Despite reforms elsewhere in the country, Kachin Independence Army troops maintain their tense daily vigil, eyeing off a Myanmar army post across the valley.
Myanmar by-elections a hard sell in Kachin conflict zone
In Kachin State, ‘reform’ remains a distant concept.
Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi Fever
Burma’s democratic icon is expected to take a seat in parliament following this weekend’s by-election. But is the junta using her as a fig leaf?
Myanmar: Suu Kyi fever in pre-election Yangon
Many of Aung San Suu Kyi’s supporters view her as a national messiah able to overcome any obstacle.
In the picture: Burma
More than a year on from the 2010 elections, it’s starting to look as though the Burmese thaw might turn out to be the real thing.
