Recent developments within several Southeast Asian countries have prompted concern regarding the rights of the press and the safety of journalists in the region. Many...
Read More
The crossroads of religion and politics, despite its universal prevalence, continues to be overlooked and even disputed in many parts of the world. While many...
Read More
On November 23rd 2017, Bangladesh and Myanmar announced a tentative deal to repatriate Rohingya refugees to the Rakhine state. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fled...
Read More
We’re pleased to present the first episode of MIR Meets, featuring Juju Deshormes outside the Mile End’s famous Fairmount Bagels! By giving writers the...
Read More
55 years ago, the world watched as Myanmar, formerly Burma, suffered a revolutionary coup d’état in which the country’s military toppled the civilian,...
Read More
Like a broken record, Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor of Myanmar has come under fire for her recent commentary, or rather lack thereof, on the persecution of the...
Read More
IMPORTANT NOTICE: IF YOU ARE IN MYANMAR (BURMA), SHARING THIS ARTICLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA COULD RESULT IN ARREST. If you live in Myanmar (Burma), please consider carefully...
Read More
To paraphrase Rudyard Kipling, Burma is quite unlike any place you know about.1 The country has a tumultuous history, from its first unification in 1057, as the Pagan...
Read More
