Frontier flux
David Eimer
How Aung San Suu Syi has failed to deliver peace to the borderlands of Myanmar.
Tag: Myanmar
MaBaTha
Matthew J Walton, Ma Khin Mar Mar Kyi and Aye Thein
A detailed examination of the Buddhist nationalist group that is causing havoc in Myanmar.
Death in Yangon
Sean Gleeson
A slow Sunday afternoon in Yangon is shattered by the sound of gunshots.
The Rohingya
Julia Wallace
The long struggle for citizenship
Cronies Inc.
Nick Freeman
When Aung San Suu Kyi stopped supporting US sanctions against Myanmar, it changed everything.
The second Panglong trap
David Eimer
In Myanmar’s borderland conflict zones, promises of peace are wearily familiar
Poetry
Krysada Panusith Phounsiri, Maung Philar, Khai Q Nguyen
The latest in verse from around the Mekong region.
Guardian of Yangon
Poppy McPherson
Thant Myint-U writes “with an eye to what the past might say about the present”
Truth to power
Penny Edwards
You Need to Apologise to the People is in Burmese, written by a Burmese, about Burmese people
Derelict beauty
Cristina Maria Chiorean
The soul of Yangon reposes in buildings built by British, Indian and Chinese settler-traders
Poetry
Maung Chaw Nwe, Sokunthary Svay
The latest in verse from around the Mekong region
The second laugh
Rachel Wong
Only Lonely Planet can get you “off the beaten path”, onto “the road less travelled”