Is Burma on the cusp of change? Will 2011 be radically different or will it just be more of the same? Here is a month-by-month look at what the New Year might bring for Burma.
KYAW ZWA MOE
As the international spotlight focuses on the country's botched polls and the release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, one aspect of the Myanmar political problem should not be neglected.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
Marck Rimorin wonders if the Philippines should learn a thing or two from the Burmese’s fight for democracy.
MARCK RIMORIN
In Israel's most cosmopolitan beach city, I was served Japanese sashimi made by a Burmese, over lessons of democracy.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
Jasmine has long been known as an aphrodisiac. Now a compound from the flower is helping to fight cancer.
VIVIENNE KHOO