Observers are celebrating Myanmar’s recent steps towards reform and a new openness, including Aung San Suu Kyi’s decision to run for president. But can she create the change needed, or is Myanmar too far gone?
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Myanmar’s religious violence threatens reform agenda
The recent anti-Muslim riots in Myanmar have spread to the centre of the country and claimed dozens of lives. But is the violence politically motivated? And has it stalled reform?
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Myanmar’s getting better — but there’s a long way to go
Myanmar’s president — currently in Australia — is driving a range of social, political and economic reforms in the former military dictatorship. But Rome wasn’t built in a day, writes Victoria Bruce in Myanmar.
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Pariah Myanmar comes out as relations thaw
Burmese president Thein Sein is visiting Australia as tensions thaw between the West and Myanmar. But significant questions surrounding human rights remain.
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Obama wins hearts in Myanmar, where sanctions still hurt
Burmese people have generally welcomed Barack Obama’s visit — but even the US President doesn’t get as much applause as Aung San Suu Kyi. Myanmar-based journalist Victoria Bruce talks to locals.
READ MOREBurma’s freedom road: reformists are winning out
With fair and free Burmese elections still a longed-for dream, can the Myanmar military be trusted to take the final steps in giving up power?
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Post-sanction Myanmar a tough place to do business
Myanmar has been welcomed back into the fold after more than 50 years of isolation. But Australian businesses wanting to capitalise face challenges, reports Victoria Bruce from Myanmar.
READ MOREReopening the dialogue about Myanmar
As Myanmar approaches its first election in two decades, a conversation about politics and human rights in the Southeastern Asian nation has again captured media attention. Soon the world might have to stop labeling its government a “regime,” writes Nirmal Ghosh.
READ MORETwinza Oil to step up investment in Burma
Contrary to popular belief, Australia doesn’t have a ban on investing in Burma. But Australian company Twinza Oil will still come under heavy scrutiny when it starts drilling for oil there, writes Kyaw Kyaw.
READ MOREIs Jetstar propping up Burma’s dictatorship?
Jetstar has come under fire for running flights into Burma, with critics claiming the airport fees and money the airline brings into the country are helping fund Burma’s repressive military junta.
READ MORESilent outrage as Daw Aung San Suu Kyi remains locked up
While there were no large-scale protests, there was a palpable sense of anger at the decision to continue Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s house arrest, freelance journalist Kyaw Kyaw writes from Burma.
READ MOREBuddhist monks are key in the battle for Burma
In light of Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s recent re-sentencing, foreign leaders are once again speaking out against the country’s repressive military junta. But to win over the Burmese people, foreign powers must first win over the country’s Buddhist monks, says the Christian Science Monitor.
READ MOREThe solitary life of Aung San Suu Kyi
Reading and meditation, day in day out: such has been the life of imprisoned Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi for the last 13 years, and with yesterday’s sentencing, one to which she will return for another 18 months.
READ MOREAsia’s new Axis of Evil
North Korea and Burma are not natural allies, but sharing an identity as international pariahs and an interest in nuclear weapons could be bringing the two countries together.
READ MOREAn historic day for Myanmar – or another false dawn?
Today, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon flies into Myanmar — at the invitation of the ruling generals. There is a lot riding on the visit, says Kyaw Kyaw, a Myanmar-based blogger.
READ MOREUS Vietnam vet sends Aung San Suu Kyi back to jail
A single rogue element can change everything in Myanmar politics, writes Kyaw Kyaw.
READ MOREEthnic groups in Myanmar getting heated
A new constitution in Myanmar is not enough to calm ethnic tensions. The Kachin tribesmen, who live near the Chinese border, are beginning to prepare themselves for battle, reports Thomas Fuller.
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