Shankari Sundararaman

Apr 28, 2010

Suu Kyi junta’s stunning PR toy

On November 7, the Burmese people voted for the first time after more than two decades, both for the People’s Parliament and the Nationalities Parliament. While the much-touted elections and the run up to it were critical, the actual event was marred by rigging and intimidation. Voter turnout in a country that has not seen an election in two decades was low, revealing that people had very little hope of things changing. The last elections held in Burma were in 1990 when the National League for

Justice, not catharsis

As the second phase of the Khmer Rouge trials began last month with the indictment of the four members — Noun Chea, leng Sary, leng Thirath and Khieu Samphan — for genocide and crimes against humanit

Investing in Burma

acLast month, from July 25 to 29, Senior General Than Shwe, the leader of Burma’s State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), which is the official name of the Burmese junta, was on a goodwill visit t

Khmer Rouge trials

On July 26, 2010, the first verdict of the Khmer Rouge trials is awaited.

Reading Burma’s nuclear dreams

Even as Burma’s military junta prepares to address the issue of the forthcoming elections in October 2010, a documentary aired on Qatar-based TV news channel Al Jazeera, about the possibility of Burma