Tag: myanmar

• Scams, casinos and high-rises: The BBC visits a bizarre city in a war zone

  February 19, 2025

  The tall, shiny buildings which rise out of the cornfields on the Myanmar side of the Moei river are a sight so jarring you find yourself blinking to be sure… more ›

• The age of SASEA

  June 30, 2024

  Most talk about globalization these days is doom and gloom. It’s all U.S.-China decoupling, tariffs, export controls — the fragmentation of the world economy into competing geopolitical blocs. But as… more ›

• Diary of a Myanmar medic: ‘I learned to treat gunshot wounds on YouTube’

  March 26, 2021

  A doctor who provides treatment to protesters wounded by the army and police has described a week in the turmoil of the post-coup Myanmar.When the military coup happened, I joined… more ›

• Myanmar's shame: Living inside Rohingya ghettos

  April 1, 2016

  Myanmar's shame: Living inside Rohingya ghettos » Sittwe, Myanmar (CNN)As the sun creeps closer towards its midday peak, the inhabitants of Dar Paing camp move out to the dusty streets… more ›