7 Minutes To Read Rio Kevin and Dr. Abellia Anggi Wardani examine the relations between education and sustainable democracy in Myanmar.

Tags: academic freedom, coup, democracy, National League for Democracy (NLD), saffron revolution
December 20, 2023
8 Minutes To ReadMael Raynaud pays tribute to a bold, bridge-building Karen leader.

Tags: civil society, Kachin, Karen, Karen National Union (KNU), Mae Sot, Panglong, saffron revolution, Thai-Burma border
February 14, 2018
6 Minutes To ReadMoegyo explores the recurring pattern of protest in Burma.

Tags: history, protest, saffron revolution
September 22, 2017
4 Minutes To ReadAileen Thomson reflects on commemorations of the pro-democracy struggle.

Tags: democracy, justice, memory, saffron revolution
September 21, 2017
5 Minutes To ReadCourtney Wittekind talks with poet Khet Mar about her poem, “The Wound.”

Tags: Poetry, political prisoners, saffron revolution
September 20, 2017
8 Minutes To ReadMael Raynaud and Thinn Thinn interviewed Min Ko Naing in July in Yangon. Mael Raynaud relates the conversation.

Tags: protest, saffron revolution
August 21, 2017
2 Minutes To ReadSeptember 2017 will mark the 10th anniversary of the so-called “Saffron Revolution.”

Tags: buddhism, protest, saffron revolution
9 Minutes To ReadMael Raynaud continues his look at elite politics in Myanmar. Part One can be found here.

Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, colonialism, democracy, saffron revolution
February 2, 2017
9 Minutes To ReadMael Raynaud explores elite dynamics in Myanmar’s social structure.

Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, colonialism, democracy, saffron revolution
January 30, 2017