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Burma VJ: Reporting From a Closed Country

Posted on October 2, 2009 by jessica mosby — 1 Comment ↓

by Jessica Mosby – USA – Burma (also known as Myanmar) is a closed country, literally. Since the 1962 military coup, few outsiders have even entered the Southeast Asian country. News reports are scarce and often unreliable because the news…

Can the Struggle for Philippine Democracy Be a Lesson to Burma?

Posted on October 4, 2007 by imelda v. abano — 1 Comment ↓

by Imelda V. Abaño – Philippines – The bloody military crackdown in Burma (also known as Myanmar) was bound to happen. Some people called it “pure democracy” as hundreds of thousands of peaceful protesters joined with 10,000 of the Buddhist…

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