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In a recent post I wrote about some aspects of the question of whether one should travel to Burma or not. Now it’s time to introduce our latest project, which continues our organization’s activities in these fields since 2007 and basically maintains the original message: You can’t make a 100% ethical trip to Burma, but you can as a traveler significantly control the impact of your travels, and there are good chances that many responsible travelers to Burma will together contribute to an improvement of the situation.
We have decided to go a different way than the usual projects that present you with pages of information and advice. We engage travelers by asking them to tell their travel stories, and we equally involve Burmese locals by complementing both voices side-by-side.
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In a recent post I wrote about some aspects of the question of whether one should travel to Burma or not. Now it’s time to introduce our latest project, which continues our organization’s activities in …
I am not going to write about the real Asian values, the values of the people of Asia. I figure it is impossible even to grasp their variety. What I rather have in mind to …
In Burma there are still over 2,200 political prisoners. As long as they are not free, no change to democracy in Burma can be credible. Similarly, as Zinn Linn pointed out, there is no democracy …
16 days of truth. Trailer of a documentary about the truth behind the golden smiles in Burma. Visit www.rowe.at/burma
“Tristan Mendes France and Gaël Bordier went to Burma, where they clandestinely shot their documentary.
They brought back a totally original film, an exclusive document, which tells the everyday life of the Burmese, the …
I just came across an article in the Irrawaddy, published yesterday, where one paragraph caught my attention:
“Sources inside Burma said that rumors are spreading that the new government will in fact release a large …
This post is very off-topic but I hope my readers will nevertheless forgive me. It has to do with the numerous technical experiments I am doing behind the scenes for this website. Since our funding …
Great news: The team of Flattr has approved the activities of Burma Center Prague as charitable and granted us therefore a special status, as announced on their blog. This, of course, affects also the project …
We are still working on the Burmese language part of this site. We hope to be able to finalize it by spring 2011.
Interested Burmese bloggers are already warmly invited to contact us!
Thank you for your …
If we want to monitor and analyze blogs with a focus on issues around Burma and Burmese, we can resort to a basic set of tools that was mainly introduced for business (identifying trends and …
I have just received the message that our news widget for Nokia smartphones has been approved and is available now for download at the OVI store. This neat little application – which I admittedly produced …
The story of Myo Myint, a political prisoner, who made the transformation from being a soldier in Burma’s junta to a pro-democracy activist. (Break Thru Films, 2010)
Reporting by VOA
The film is available in full length …
In her article, “Now is Not the Time to Lift Sanctions”, Sina Schüssler highlights some aspects of sanction politics that are only too often being overlooked. While sanctions are commonly considered a merely economic tool …
This Prison Where I Live is a feature length documentary about two comedians.
Maung Thura, better known as Zarganar, is Burma’s greatest living comic. Relentlessly victimised by the Burmese military junta, he is now in prison. …
Many travelers are increasingly concerned about ethical aspects of tourism. While it can serve as an educating, connecting and emancipating force, it might also leave indelible footprints from a powerful, sometimes ruthless …
The independent Burmese media outlet Irrawaddy has yesterday reported 450,000 page views on its blog during the period of one month after its launch, although the number of unique visitors can be expected to be …
Burma is the worst place in the world to be a blogger. It has been 18 months since Burma received this infamous title from the Committee to Protect Journalists. Indeed, blogging in Burma sounds to …
Interview with Burmese dissident Dr Zarni – Interviewer Khun Kavi Chongkittavorn, Assistant Group Editor of The Nation, The Nation TV On Burma-Thailand relations, the Burmese Regime’s alleged nuclear and missile programs, etc
Interview with Burmese dissident Dr Zarni – Interviewer Khun Kavi Chongkittavorn, Assistant Group Editor of The Nation, The Nation TV On Burma-Thailand relations, the Burmese Regime’s alleged nuclear and missile programs, etc
Interview with Burmese dissident Dr Zarni – Interviewer Khun Kavi Chongkittavorn, Assistant Group Editor of The Nation, The Nation TV On Burma-Thailand relations, the Burmese Regime’s alleged nuclear and missile programs, etc
Dr Maung Zarni, the Research Fellow on Burma at the London School of Economics, discusses about the political landscape in Burma ahead of the Nvember 7 elections.
Speaking during a forum at the Kuala …
Interview with Burmese dissident Dr Zarni – Interviewer Khun Kavi Chongkittavorn, Assistant Group Editor of The Nation, The Nation TV On Burma-Thailand relations, the Burmese Regime’s alleged nuclear and missile programs, etc
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