Myanmar

Video: Myanmar’s All-Girl Band Me N Ma Girls

By Bruce Wallace ⋅ February 6, 2012 ⋅ 3 comments ⋅ Transcript

Band members of Burma's all-girl band Me N Ma Girls. (Photo: myspace.com/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

By Bruce Wallace ⋅ January 13, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Aung San Suu Kyi (Photo: State Department/Flickr)

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

By The World ⋅ January 13, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

Burmese Dissident Mya Aye (Photo: Facebook)

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

By Bruce Wallace ⋅ January 3, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

Min Ko Naing was jailed for leading student protests in 1988. (Photo: BBC)

Most political prisoners in Burma are serving long sentences and are expected to remain in jail.

Slideshow: Burma’s Fearless Political Prisoners

By The World ⋅ January 3, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

Aung San Suu Kyi at her home in Rangoon, Burma. (Photo: James Mackay)

Photographer and activist James Mackay photographed former political prisoners including prominent activists such as opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Slideshow: Burmese Cartoonist Harn Lay

By Carol Hills ⋅ December 8, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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

By The World ⋅ December 1, 2011 ⋅ One comment ⋅ Transcript

The highly-politicized question of what to call the country visited by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton this week.

Secretary of State Clinton Visits Myanmar

By The World ⋅ November 30, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

Hillary Clinton in Myanmar (Burma) (Photo: State Department)

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

By The World ⋅ November 30, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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

By Bruce Wallace ⋅ November 30, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

A woman waters a field near the Je Yang Hka internally displaced peoples camp in Kachin State, Myanmar. (Photo: Ryan Libre)

New conflict in Kachin State shows how hard reform in Myanmar will be.

Myanmar to Chair ASEAN

By The World ⋅ November 17, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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.