Stories about Myanmar (Burma) from November, 2005
Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand: Raiding Burmese
Burma Underground compares raids on Myanmar refugees and activists in Malaysia and Thailand. “In Chiang Mai, I would sit on the floor at my Kachin friends’ house, and Naw Kham would tell me traditional stories from the Jinghpaw, their tribe. Here in KL, I sit in the kitchen of the...
Myanmar: General Laughter
Burma Digest writes down some jokes about Burmese generals.
Myanmar: Moving Capital
In a surprise move, Myanmar's government announced that it was relocating the country's administrative bodies from Yangon (Rangoon) to a new, administrative capital 320 km to the north in the town of Pyinmana. Mizzima.com considers the various explanations, from severing the government from foreign embassies to entrenching the military-led government...
