Jezebel: Myanmar

Row, Row, Row Your Boats

Cassie Murdoch — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:20:00 EST

JAKARTA, INDONESIA - NOVEMBER 19: The Myanmar Women's 22 crew paddle during traditional boat racing on day nine of the 2011 Southeast Asian Games at Danau Cipule on November 19, 2011 in Jakarta, Indonesia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) More »

Pro Democracy Activist Enjoys Much-Deserved Freedom

Erin Gloria Ryan — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 15:50:00 EST

YANGON, MYANMAR, NOVEMBER 14: Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi gestures during her first press conference since her release from house arrest. The Nobel Peace Prize recipient has been imprisoned for 15 of the last 20 years.(AP)

Waiting For Democracy

Lauri Apple — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 17:20:00 EDT

[Yangon, Burma, November 5: A woman sits by a campaign poster hung for the upcoming election in Myanmar, which many say is a "sham" because of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi's ongoing house arrest. Image via Getty.]

Cloudy With A Chance Of Powers

Anna Holmes — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:10:00 EDT

[Sydney, October 27. Image via Getty]

Someone To Watch Over Me

Anna Holmes — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:10:00 EDT

[Mandalay, September 28. Image via Getty]

Balancing Act

Anna Holmes — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:10:00 EDT

[Yangon, September 27. Image via Getty]

Safe Havens

Anna Holmes — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:10:00 EDT

[Thai/Myanmar border, June 18. Image via Getty]

Sending Out An S.O.S.

Anna Holmes — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:10:00 EDT

[Tokyo, June 19. Image via Getty]

It Was A Nice Day For A White Voter

Moe — Mon, 12 May 2008 10:00:00 EDT

Welcome back kids! How was el fin de semana? Because it sure sucked for a lot of our overseas amigos! A devastating earthquake on the scale of an earthquake that killed a quarter million people in 1976 just rocked China's Sichuan province; Burma's totalitarian military junta decided to grant itself unlimited totalitarian power and all the donated rice; no one can really protest the junta since they are mostly all dead and/or starving to death anyway; hopefully Jenna Bush did the sensitive thing and refrained from throwing rice at her wedding; two John McCain advisers did the sensitive thing and stepped down when it turned out they'd actually taken three hundred grand from the junta for PR services. Bob Barr and Ron Paul both launched separate attempts to do what voters are already doing anyway and sink McCain's campaign; Michelle Obama is nixin Hillary as a running mate (according to Bob Novak?!) and speaking of Nixon, there's a new book on him and the white voters who elected him and we read all about it sorta. All that and a Vito Fossella primer ATJ. More »

Good Intentions

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 09 May 2008 09:45:00 EDT

"I wrote my whole thesis on Burma," Kim Kardashian claims in this public service announcement about the country's political plight. "It just makes me think: A few months ago I had no idea about the problems of Burma... and now I am simply devastated," Kim writes. Watch as she tries on clothes and talks about Myanmar elections at the same time! [OfficialKimKardashian.com] More »

Who Would God Vote For? Probably the Fascists!

mcarpentier — Thu, 08 May 2008 10:00:00 EDT

Not that I ever smoked, but I guess I'd start, too, if my house looked like that. But there are disasters all over the place today, from Hillary's wonderful comments on race to the innocent guy we held in Gitmo who decided that the terrorists were right about us to the Myanmar cyclone pictured. It's disaster day on Crappy Hour, as Moe takes a much-needed break and I take a moment away from Glamocracy to talk Texas, Hillary, terrorists, fascists and God with the Washington Independent's Attackerman, Spencer Ackerman. More »

Barack Obama Doesn't Look Too Psyched About That Beer

Moe — Tue, 06 May 2008 10:00:00 EDT

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Fifty thousand people are dead or close to it in Burma, and Barack Obama can state unequivocally that he does not drink designer beer. Seventy five percent of American adults will at some point be impoverished. The average American car owner really must save $30 this summer. Chris Hitchens believes Barack Obama may be pussy-whipped. Ellen Page believes Burmese dictator Than Shwe is a modern Hitler. And when tomorrow comes, Terry McAuliffe believes everyone will be saying that Hillary Clinton did better than they thought she was going to do in both the North Carolina and Indiana primaries tonight. Now there's a statement Glamocracy Megan and I can get behind! After the jump, an unusually hip-hop laden edition of Crappy Hour. More »

Good News For Creatures, Great & Small

Jennifer — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:00:00 EST

Still enraged over presidential candidate Mike Huckabee's evil, Eagle Scout award-winning dog-murderer of a son? Or the news that Blackwater assholes killed one of the dogs living at the NY Times' Baghdad bureau? Here's a little something to remember: A whole lotta people actually want to help animals. To begin, there is finally a Merck Manual for animals on the market with which pet owners can learn about everything from communicable diseases (humans to animals) to how to diagnose a gerbil with depression. And as for truly troubled animals who need more than just a manual, there are, thankfully, many other people are getting their paws, er, hands wet to make a better world a better place: More »

The UN envoy to Myanmar, Ibrahim Gambari,...

mcarpentier — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:45:00 EST

The UN envoy to Myanmar, Ibrahim Gambari, read a statement from Aung San Suu Kyi that she is "ready to cooperate with the government in order to make this process of dialogue a success." This is the same person who won the Nobel Peace Prize for, um, not cooperating with the miltary junta; who chose to stay in the country to serve as a symbol for her supporters rather than tend to her dying husband; and who hasn't been allowed out of the house or made a single public statement since 2003. Until the press conference, which was held in Singapore and not attended by Suu Kyi, Gambari's trip was thought to have failed, but now he's been invited back by the junta, who is trumpeting Suu Kyi's statement in the government-run media. (Yes, I read too much political news. Yes, I might be a paranoid and mistrustful person). [Yahoo News] More »