Burma’s First Human Rights Magazine Sees Healthy Sales

Sep 23, 2013 | News / Article

By KYAW HSU MON / THE IRRAWADDY RANGOON — A landmark monthly magazine on human rights and democracy in Burma is showing strong sales just four months after launching, according to its director. Available at book stores in Rangoon, Naypyidaw and Mandalay, the...

Burma School Offers Dose of Imagination

Sep 23, 2013 | News / Article

By SAMANTHA MICHAELS / THE IRRAWADDY RANGOON — The entrance hall to Lumbini Academy is not like that of a typical school in Burma. Just inside, behind a winding staircase that leads to classrooms upstairs, a few children run around an indoor playground, racing down...

Ceasefire Negotiations Bring Hope, Health to Burmese

Sep 23, 2013 | News / Article

Covenant World Relief For over a year, increasing violent conflict in Burma has caused many communities and thousands of people to become displaced within their own country. But recently the Karen National Union has participated in talks of peace. While concerns still...

The uncertain future of Myanmar’s democratic reforms

Sep 23, 2013 | News / Article

Author: Adam P MacDonald, Halifax John Blaxland recently acknowledged that return to military rule in Myanmar is becoming an increasingly marginal (but not impossible) prospect. The expected international and domestic retaliatory actions to a return to military rule...