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September 9, 2008
In the last two centuries unfair treatment of society by other groups or by their government has gone up greatly. This has been due to campaigners...
September 5, 2008
Thousands of Kayan people from Burma, sometimes called "long-neck Karen," have in recent decades, like hundreds of thousands of other Burmese, fled...
August 22, 2008
Despite being a graduate of Yangon Technological University, Ko Ko said he has lost hope in finding a good job and plans to go abroad to earn money.
August 21, 2008
The UN's special envoy to Burma, Ibrahim Gambari's current mission to help break the political deadlock between the military junta and the detained...
August 6, 2008
Sitting together on the boat with some Burmese teenagers crossing illegally into Thailand, I overheard many of them talking quietly about...
August 5, 2008
When I was thinking about writing an article on the Kayan (Padaung Long-neck) people, I recalled a proverb which goes "there will be done nothing if...
July 31, 2008
A new report by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Burma has the second biggest army in Southeast Asia and it bolsters its numbers with child soldiers.
July 15, 2008
At the Annual General Meeting hosted by the Mon migrant community in Klang, near Kuala Lumpur, Master of Ceremonies Nai Plu took the opportunity to...
July 13, 2008
Nothing can be more despicable than making money from the dead. But that is precisely what Burmese junta administrators and a section of police...
July 1, 2008
Cultivation of poppy and the consumption of opium has become the bane of Kachin State in northern Burma. Demand for opium far outstrips production...
June 26, 2008
"The government is bankrupt and the generals have all the money," reported Mizzima News, on 25 April, quoting a member of an International NGO in...
June 20, 2008
The dilemmas of survivors of Cyclone Nargis in the Irrawaddy Delta seem to grow everyday, even as meaningless restrictions prohibiting the movement...
June 18, 2008
Millions of people throughout the world will mark the birthday of Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on June 19. The co-ordinated campaign...
May 27, 2008
The origins of the recent influx of amphetamines into Sanghklaburi , Thailand are unknown and widely debated. The Mon people claim the pills are...
February 27, 2008
The 61st anniversary National Day has been celebrated around the world where the Mon people are located. The National Day has been observed not only...

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