Society and Culture
This spot entitled The Magic Pool was produced in Burma by the director Moe Thorn, featuring in the main role Adam Fraser as tourist. Please watch and share!
“In this new series on human trafficking and modern slavery, our reporters speak to young survivors of forced and brutal military service inside Burma. For these lucky few who escape, the ordeal is not over.”
RFA …
Tags: army • child soldiers • Human trafficking
Filmed in 2009 and released in May 2011, Altered Focus is a short film about three skateboarders going to Burma. Not surprisingly, people’s attention in Rangoon and Mandalay is captured by this unseen activity.
Of course, …
Tags: documentary • film • responsible travel • skateboard • traveling
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 …
Tags: responsible travel • tourism • traveling
Two years, two positions: In 1999, Aung San Suu Kyi said: “Burma will be here for many years, so visit us later. Visiting now is tantamount to condoning the regime.” Eleven years later, U Win …
Tags: responsible travel • tourism • traveling
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 …
Tags: ASEAN • Asian values • Burma • China • democracy • human rights
Two programmers, Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden, have recently discovered a hidden file on the Apple iPhone 4 and iPad 3G that stores detailed location information at least for a period of several months. While …
Tags: censorship • Internet • iPhone • mobile phone • Privacy • social media • Surveillance
“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 …
Tags: documentary • film • regime • traveling
At a recent seminar that tried to explore the relationship between charities and journalism in the Czech Republic and sought to identify strategies for improving this relationship, participants from NGOs were invited to share their …
Tags: Czech Republic • NGO • social media
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 …
Tags: blogosphere • democracy movement
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 …
Tags: democracy movement • ethnic groups
