This article was originally published by Prachatai, an independent news site in Thailand, and an edited version is republished by Global Voices under a content-sharing agreement. Thai and Myanmar ...

August 8 is a date etched in blood. On this day in 1988, Myanmar’s military turned its guns on thousands of peaceful protesters in what is now remembered as the 8888 uprising. Although it was by no ...

YANGON, Myanmar – Hundreds of people on Wednesday commemorated the 30th anniversary of Myanmar's 8888 uprising, a seminal and ultimately bloody episode in the Southeast Asian nation's struggle for ...

(SEAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 6 August 2008 SEAPA capsule report: A review of Burma’s media struggle on the 20th Anniversary of 8888 August 8, 2008, marks the 20th anniversary of an important and ...