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Burma
Video: Myanmar’s All-Girl Band Me N Ma Girls
Me N Ma Girls is an all-girl group from Myanmar (Burma). The girls conjure up images of the Spice Girls and other female pop singers like Britney Spears with their colorful wigs and dance tunes.
Watching Changes in Myanmar with Cautious Optimism
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has announced that Washington will start the process of exchanging ambassadors with Myanmar (Burma) following the release of political prisoners there.
Burmese Political Prisoners Released
Myanmar (Burma) has released the most prominent political dissidents of the country from jail. One of the dissidents released is Mya Aye who had been serving a 65-year jail sentence for speaking out against the Burmese government.
Burma’s Key Dissidents
Most political prisoners in Burma are serving long sentences and are expected to remain in jail.
Slideshow: Burma’s Fearless Political Prisoners
Photographer and activist James Mackay photographed former political prisoners including prominent activists such as opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Ireland’s Debt to Its World War II Soldiers
During World War II, thousands of Irish soldiers joined the British army to fight the war, but when they came home to Ireland, they were treated as deserters and put on a blacklist. Now, there is growing pressure on the Irish government to pardon those men.
A Right Brain Religion Translated into a Left Brain Language
Do the Bible’s roots in Ancient Hebrew and Ancient Greek mean that it combines right and left brain thinking?
Slideshow: Burmese Cartoonist Harn Lay
In this slideshow, I am going to show you some cartoons from a Burmese cartoonist. This is the only Burmese cartoonist that I’ve been able to find so far. I am sure there are others, but lets meet Harn Lay.
Myanmar vs Burma
The highly-politicized question of what to call the country visited by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton this week.
Burma’s Pop Music Industry
Pop music is alive and well in Burma. Ethnomusicologist Heather MacLachlan spent a couple of years studying and speaking to many of the people working the Burmese music industry. She’s written about it in her new book, “Burma’s Pop Music Industry” and speaks to host Lisa Mullins.
Nice to Meet You! Can You Help Me Through…
Burmese cartoonist Harn Lay shows what Hillary Clinton is stepping through and around in making her historic trip to Burma.
Secretary of State Clinton Visits Myanmar
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has arrived in Burma on the first visit by such a senior American diplomat in 50 years.
Myanmar’s Opposition Calls for Measurable Reform
Aung Zaw, a veteran of the 1988 protests in Myanmar, says Hillary Clinton’s visit is welcome, but that the civilian government has to take certain concrete steps, like releasing the remaining political prisoners, before it can say it is serious about reform.
Myanmar’s Fraught Relationship With its Ethnic Minorities
New conflict in Kachin State shows how hard reform in Myanmar will be.
Myanmar to Chair ASEAN
Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have agreed that Myanmar (Burma) can chair the regional bloc in 2014, amid some signs of reform in the country.
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