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IA Ian T Werrett · Policy Panorama

Beautiful fiction: A former aid worker’s view of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

States ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child, but routinely ignore it. The result is a world where childhood protections exist…

Aug 04, 2026 · 6 min read · 0 claps #human-rights #child-rights #international-law

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KY Kyauk Ngar Ni

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သမိုင်းသစ်တခုအတွက် ပဒေသရာဇ်တော်လှန်ရေး

May 28, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #burma #myanmar #politics

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FL Florian Schoppmeier · Of Pictures & Words

What I’m Reading

20 May 2026

May 20, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #journalism #photojournalism #burma

EL Elon Klein

Burma vs. China: The War History Forgot

Introduction to a Forgotten Conflict

Apr 19, 2026 · 6 min read · 0 claps #china #burma #qing-dynasty

BA Bacon who

緬甸蕩寇志

今天從爺爺那箱筆記裡面找出一本很舊的書籍，翻開的第一頁上寫著[緬甸蕩寇志]，搜尋了一下才發現{《缅甸荡寇志》是孙克刚创作的战争纪实著作，1946年由上海时代图书公司初版…

Apr 05, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #爺爺的故事 #孫立人 #burma

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MI Min La

A hero from Burma’s history

Way before the British Empire conquered our country Myanmar(Burma), it used to be one of the biggest empires in Southeast Asia. This…

Mar 18, 2026 · 2 min read · 6 claps #history #burma #aung-san

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TA Tayzaraung

Is the Delta Running Out of Water?

By Tar Pa Lu

Mar 12, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #burma #myanmar #delta

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AL Albert Normandin

The Golden Land

My 17th trip to Myanmar/Burma

Mar 11, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps paywalled #photography #travel #myanmar

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GA Gareth Michael Jones

Socrates had it right: one meta-night in Myanmar.

From the comfort of Britain, Myanmar can feel distant, almost abstract. A troubled country, another military coup, another stalled…

Feb 27, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #politics #burma #colonialism

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GR Gryphon Harvard

Re-Examining “The Dark Knight”: A Post-Colonial Look at an Iconic Quote

The Dark Knight is one of the greatest Batman films ever directed. Today we offer a new perspective on one of its most memorable quotes.

Feb 24, 2026 · 7 min read · 50 claps #postcolonial #myanmar #burma

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SH Shalini S. Perumal

A Brief Comparative Study of Lusitization in Goa and Burmanization in Myanmar

“Currently published as an English daily in Goa, O Heraldo was originally established as the first daily newspaper in the Portuguese…

Feb 16, 2026 · 5 min read · 1 claps #goa #myanmar #burma

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JO Jonathan Richardson · Kipling Updated

Mandalay: an updated version of Kipling’s Barrack Room Ballad

Kipling’s Burmese poem has at its heart a universal theme of reminiscing — perhaps pining — over a lost love met on travels.

Feb 13, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps paywalled #rudyard-kipling #burma #mandalay

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PE Peter Biro

Revisiting the “Lady of the Lake”: A 1998 Dispatch from Behind Burma’s Barricades

A soldier in full combat gear, an M16 rifle strapped across his chest, halts me before I reach the barbed-wire fence sealing off the road…

Nov 14, 2025 · 6 min read · 0 claps #myanmar #burma #aung-san-suu-kyi

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LI Liam James H

Myanmar: How do I Turn the Flash Off? (2016)

The silhouettes of thousands of pagodas in the mist for as far as the eye could see, made only visible by the rising sun. That’s what I…

Feb 22, 2025 · 5 min read · 5 claps paywalled #burma #bagan #myanmar

DI Dion Groove

Seaspray D seeks Sanctuary in Manipur —  India

And escapes the Burmese Junta — into the unfamiliar

Jun 26, 2024 · 5 min read · 601 claps paywalled #burma #chin #kachin

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DI Dion Groove

Fear and Famine — the produce of War

No food or medicine for some young ones in Burma — nothing in the store

Jun 22, 2024 · 5 min read · 607 claps paywalled #burma #kachin #famine

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DI Dion Groove

Kidnapped across the border

Mired in Burmese conflict — perpetually in disorder

Jun 19, 2024 · 5 min read · 552 claps paywalled #shan-state #kachin #burma

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PE Peter Berthelsen

Steps to Popa Taungkalat Monastery in Myanmar

Steps to Popa Taungkalat Monastery in Myanmar

Oct 14, 2023 · 0 min read · 0 claps #buddhismus #southeast-asia #birma

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TA Tayzaraung

The summary of “The Voice of the Silence” by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

“The Voice of the Silence” is a spiritual and philosophical classic written by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, the co-founder of the…

Sep 25, 2023 · 3 min read · 1 claps #myanmar #burma #helena-petrovna-blavatsky

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TH The Startup

Steps to Popa Taungkalat Monastery in Myanmar

Steps to Popa Taungkalat Monastery in Myanmar

Aug 26, 2023 · 0 min read · 0 claps #buddhismus #southeast-asia #birma

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NI Nick’s Wanderings

Thailand — The Bridge on the River Kwai (สะพานข้ามแม่น้ำแคว), Maenam Khwae Rd.,

The bridge that doesn’t exist

May 27, 2023 · 11 min read · 0 claps paywalled #bridge-on-the-river-kwai #thailand #death-railway

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Myanmar (Burma) — Taukkyan War Cemetery, Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma)

I finally found the Taukkyan War Cemetery

Jul 08, 2022 · 4 min read · 0 claps paywalled #taukkyan-war-cemetery #yangon #myanmar

CH Christan Hakkert

De langste strijd: de Myanmarese overheid tegen etnische minderheden

Al sinds 1948 strijdt de Myanmarese overheid tegen etnische minderheden. Daarmee is deze strijd de langste burgeroorlog op aarde…

Apr 24, 2020 · 13 min read · 1 claps #burgeroorlog #myanmar #birma

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KI Kim Malcolm

Inle Lake

Inle Lake is on Burma’s short list of best places to visit and home to various ethnic communities, small farms, and lots of wildlife. It…

Sep 26, 2015 · 3 min read · 0 claps #travel #burma #myanmar