Jul 23, 2013 | News / Article
By Paula J. Dobriansky In some respects, the challenges to democracy-building in Myanmar are greater than those in Egypt and Turkey After five decades of brutal military rule, hopeful signs have emerged in Myanmar. The military has partially opened up the political...
Jul 22, 2013 | News / Article
by Todd PitmanAP MEIKHTILA, MYANMAR – Their bones are scattered in blackened patches of earth across a hillside overlooking the wrecked Islamic boarding school they once called home. Smashed fragments of skulls rest atop the dirt. A shattered jaw cradles half a set of...
Jul 22, 2013 | News / Article
Xinhua Myanmar’s government and parliamentary peace making group met at the Myanmar Peace Center here Sunday to discuss the current peace process. The rare joint meeting was participated by Speaker of House of Representatives (Lower House) USwe Mann, Chairperson...
Jul 21, 2013 | News / Article
Aye Mya Phyu feared for her children as she ran from Burmese soldiers and into the jungle. She moved from various safe zones along the Myanmar and Thailand border and eventually made her way to the United States. Now a St. Paul resident, she has been helping other...
Jul 21, 2013 | News / Article
By Dr. Habib Siddiqui Popular myths circulated and believed amongst many Buddhists about the decline of Buddhism in South Asia or the Indian subcontinent are so bizarre that they are more often than not diametrically opposed to the historical facts. Those myths,...
Jul 21, 2013 | News / Article
By Kanbawza Win American scholars and policy makers, construe the Union of Burma, as a monolithic whole. without delving deep into its authentic contemporary history. In its obsession to counter the Chinese influence, it has somehow or other draw the conclusion that...
