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Raising The Stakes In Burma

(From THE FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW) By Ian Holliday On May 18, a closed court inside Rangoon’s notorious Insein Prison assembled for the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi, opposition leader, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and repository of hope for Burmese near and far. The charge was violation of the terms of the house arrest [...]

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Why is Burma’s junta afraid of Suu Kyi?

The trial of Burma’s renowned opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, is being held in secret, behind the walls of the country’s most notorious jail, the aptly named Insein Prison.