Sep 23, 2013 | News / Article
Written by Olivia Lewis In 2005, Rita Kuk walked into a classroom where she was the only Asian face, beside her sisters who accompanied her. Her family had moved across the world and she was forced to start from what she calls, “ground zero.” The U. S. Census reported...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Sep 22, 2013 | News / Article
ANI | Beijing Myanmar has approved UNESCO’s peace education project in northern Rakhine state. The country reaffirmed its commitment to promote peace education as a means of fostering mutual respect for cultural diversity at the school level. The project is to...
