Former BBC journalist Christopher Gunness played a key role in sparking the 1988 uprising, and hopes that those bearing mental and physical wounds inflicted under junta rule will eventually be able to find closure.
Former BBC journalist Christopher Gunness played a key role in sparking the 1988 uprising, and hopes that those bearing mental and physical wounds inflicted under junta rule will eventually be able to find closure.
The British linguist first set foot in Myanmar in 1960 and trained generations of Burmese language students.
Talk of a post-election “coalition” misrepresents Myanmar’s winner-takes-all electoral system and gives false hope that minority interests can be meaningfully represented without constitutional reform.
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An apparent reluctance by speakers in the NLD-dominated Pyidaungsu Hluttaw to allow debate on a range of issues has fuelled accusations that the parliament is failing to act as an effective check and balance on the government.
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From north to south, east to west – much of the produce that is available to Yangon’s residents has travelled from far-flung corners of the country.
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From north to south, east to west – much of the produce that is available to Yangon’s residents has travelled from far-flung corners of the country.
Two craft beer lovers have made beer history by opening the country's first microbrewery, breaking into an industry dominated by the military, foreign corporations and a single, wealthy family.
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