Signs can tell you a lot about a place so there is much to learn from this publication from Cambodia. Did You See This One? Sign Art in Cambodian Life has been produced by photo-journalist Robert Joiner who has been living in Phnom Penh for three years as part of the New Zealand Volunteer Service Abroad Scheme. Here is [...]
Did you see this one?
July 11th, 2007 by Book Zone, Guest Contributor · Add a Comment
Tags: Book Zone · Cambodia · Publications
Catch 22 takes aim at the BBC, the KNU, the SPDC…Annie Lennox
July 11th, 2007 by Nicholas Farrelly · 10 Comments
A new contributor to The Nation’s stable of blogs calls herself Catch 22. In her first post she brands the BBC “irresponsible” for airing a documentary about the Free Burma Rangers that “will only inflame the [Burmese] regime further”. She also reflects that the Karen National Union leadership are “powerful cantankerous people” and that their armed struggle is ”controlled by [...]
Tags: Burma · Shan State · Trans-Border Issues
On the Burma road to prolonged strife?
July 11th, 2007 by Nicholas Farrelly · Add a Comment
Over at IPS News a new article on Thai politics by Marwaan Macan-Markar quotes a number of prominent political analysts. Under the title of “Thai Junta Going the Burma Way?” there are comments from Michael Nelson, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Chang Noi and Thanet Aphornsuvan.
As a summary of current analysis, this article is definitely worth a close read.
Tags: Burma · Coup · Surayud regime · Thailand