Myanmar by-elections a hard sell in Kachin conflict zone
In Kachin State, ‘reform’ remains a distant concept.
Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi Fever
Burma’s democratic icon is expected to take a seat in parliament following this weekend’s by-election. But is the junta using her as a fig leaf?
Myanmar: Suu Kyi fever in pre-election Yangon
Many of Aung San Suu Kyi’s supporters view her as a national messiah able to overcome any obstacle.
Cambodia: Cashing in on the Khmer Rouge
According to a government tourism plan, 14 Khmer Rouge sites are set for a makeover.
In the picture: Burma
More than a year on from the 2010 elections, it’s starting to look as though the Burmese thaw might turn out to be the real thing.
More managed democracy for Cambodia
PHNOM PENH – Cambodia’s senate elections, held on January 29 to select members of the country’s upper house, came and went largely unnoticed. The poll barely registered in the international media, and local critics dismissed it as an undemocratic charade for selecting members to an inert and largely powerless body. Voting for 57 of the...
Notorious Khmer Rouge jailer gets life sentence
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, and NEW DELHI – A court in Cambodia on Friday rejected an appeal by a notorious Khmer Rouge jailer and extended his prison sentence to life in a decision welcomed by many in the war-torn country. Kang Kek Ieu, known as Kaing Guek Eav in tribunal filings but more often referred to...
Economy Key to Burma’s Democracy
Signs that Burma’s economy is opening aren’t just good news for Western firms hoping to make some money – democracy in the country could depend on it.
Hope, Anxiety, and Life in a Changing Burma
Scenes from a country in a slow-motion and still uncertain revolution
Paper tigers
Myanmar may be opening to democracy, but just how free is the country’s notoriously closed media?
Is Microfinance Pushing the World’s Poorest Even Deeper Into Poverty?
DHAKA—In August, Bangladeshi police broke up a ring of human organ dealers operating in Joypurhat, a district in the north of the country.
