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Outbreak of fighting dents hopes for peace
Spectrum, Published on 05/10/2014
» Last week an escalation in heavy fighting in Karen State sent shockwaves through ethnic villages, shattering any trust they may have had in the current ceasefire and "peace talks" between the Myanmar government and the Karen National Union.
Justice on trial in case against student
Spectrum, Published on 28/09/2014
» A young student in Myanmar had been voluntarily teaching children in a poor rural village involved in a long dispute with a Chinese mining company. Now she finds herself charged with kidnapping and faces up to 10 years in jail if found guilty.
Banned TV stations back on air, but toned down
Spectrum, Published on 14/09/2014
» Many of the satellite television stations that broadcast political content and were ordered closed when the military took power are set to return, but viewers expecting to see the same type of shows will be disappointed.
Running for coverage
Spectrum, Published on 07/09/2014
» Phone connections are always a good topic for conversation in Myanmar — the connection almost never works properly, the mobile internet connection is worse. But over the past few weeks, tea shops in Yangon have been buzzing with excitement about long-awaited improvements to the country’s troubled network.
The isan 'Problem'
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 10/08/2014
» Throughout history, Isan has seen "revolts", "mad people's movements", "segregation bids" and "communist domination". Anthropologist Charles Keyes writes in his book Finding Their Voice: Northeastern Villagers and the Thai State that the 1901 Phu Mi Bun uprising in Isan, which followed economic restrictions and tax burdens, foreshadowed the subsequent challenges by rural northeasterners to the Thai state's authority.
Blood ran thick in long family feud
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 03/08/2014
» In July 1966, Arkom Chatchaianand, the man who helped found the Thammawattana family fortune, was shot in broad daylight after a group of gunmen burst into his office at Ying Charoen market near Don Mueang airport.
Military facility hides secrets from the world
Spectrum, Published on 13/07/2014
» It was the kind of scoop any intrepid journalist dreams of getting, hitting all the right notes along the way — a vast and mysterious military installation, rumours of chemicals weapons, unexplained Chinese workers, the gaping maw of a tunnel jutting from the earth.
The Lady rallies fresh support
Spectrum, Published on 15/06/2014
» Yet another test of Myanmar’s political reforms has emerged over the past few weeks as the National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Aung San Suu Kyi, and the 88 Generation students joined forces to rally support for amendments to the controversial 2008 constitution.
Meeting resistance: the hard road of opposition in exile
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 15/06/2014
» After waiting for 90 minutes at the hotel for the man who many in the Thai establishment consider the “most dangerous mind” in politics, a white Toyota Fortuner rumbles to the entrance.
Transforming barriers into gateways
Spectrum, Published on 25/05/2014
» The Asean Economic Community that will be formed at the end of 2015 will benefit Thailand and nine other countries by creating more revenue from borderless trade within the region.