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Views of the grande dame of old Rangoon.

The Grand Old Dame of Rangoon

Time will determine whether The Strand, the grande dame of old Rangoon, experiences a renaissa...

Myanmar Robert Tompkins

Nocturne in Burma Minor

Frankly my first instinct upon inspecting Daniel Mason's novel The Piano Tuner was to throw it ac...

Myanmar Kenneth Champeon

Nine Monks with Fans, 2001, Acrylic on canvas, 152.5 x 152.5 cm

Min Wae Aung - Golden Passage

* * * * * Min Wae Aung ['s] almost photo-realist figures of monks, nuns and novices ... have capt...

Myanmar Global Directions, Inc.

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Wearing the Pants in Burma

If there is one thing that books about contemporary Burma have in common, it is probably this: th...

Myanmar Kenneth Champeon

Making for the Hills

I remember exclaiming with awe when I woke up in Simla (or Shimla, as it is often spelled and pro...

Myanmar / Indonesia / Sri Lanka Kenneth Champeon

Musicologist Rick Heizman with some of his favorite musical instruments: In the center is a Burmese saung gauk, behind it is a Middle Eastern oud from Syria, on the right is a Chinese zheng.

Of Strings and Things Burmese: An Interview with Musicologist Rick Heizman

If it has strings and makes music, it's an irresistible magnet for world instrumentalist and ethn...

Myanmar Celeste Heiter

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Yangon's colonial treasures

As a property boom triggers a flurry of construction activity in Yangon, the race is on to save t...

Myanmar AFP/Daniel Rook

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Orwell in Burma

Review of Orwell, George. Burmese Days [Harvest Books, 1989] * * * * * The late New Yorker critic...

Myanmar Kenneth Champeon

Burma's Iron Lady

The year 2002 marks the fortieth anniversary of Burma's rule by an intransigent military dictator...

Myanmar Kenneth Champeon

The narrow path rubbed into the banks of the Sittaung River acts as an important trade route for villagers from Swar Yarma.

Swar Yarma, Central Myanmar

A story told with photos.

Myanmar Mick Shippen

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Portrait of an Anti-hero

Review of Tim O'Brien's Going After Cacciato , Broadway Books, 1999.

Vietnam / Myanmar / Laos Kenneth Champeon

Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi smiles at a question during a press conference in Yangon in 2002.

The Lady and the Tramplers

The title of this slim but fairly comprehensive volume derives from the fact that within Burma it...

Myanmar Kenneth Champeon

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Saw Phoe Kwar and the One Love Band

Myanmar's Bob Marley introduces reggae to Yangon...

Myanmar AFP/Rob Bryan

The Piano Tuner

Title: The Piano Tuner. Author: Daniel Mason. Publisher: Picador (2004) ISBN: 0330492691. Details...

Myanmar ThingsAsian Booklist

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Buddhist New Year in Yangon

Buddhist New Year, known as the Thingyan festival in Myanmar (Burma), is celebrated every where i...

Myanmar AFP/Hla Hla Htay

Shwedagon Impressions

A story told with photos.

Myanmar Robert George

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Jackboot and White Umbrella

In the tropical climates of Asia, a white umbrella stands for beneficent rule. Just as an umbrell...

Myanmar Kenneth Champeon

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Raise the Bamboo Curtain: A Journey into Burma, Cambodia and Vietnam

The travel documentary Raise the Bamboo Curtain opens with a beautifully filmed sunrise sequence ...

Myanmar Steven K. Bailey

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Burma on the Web

CIA World Factbook . The CIA Factbook offers up-to-date facts about Burma. For example, Britain c...

Myanmar ThingsAsian

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Regime Unchanged

In Burma the other day on a visa run, it occurred to me that I was carrying Living Silence: Burma...

Myanmar Kenneth Champeon

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