Myanmar : spring postponed
Myanmar : spring postponed
- 2008
Discusses Burma's political and economic future in the aftermath of the September 2007 protests during which the military fired on Buddhist monks. The military junta is benefiting from the sale of oil and gas but there is so little trickle down, and development in all other sectors is so bad that Burma, once a major rice exporter, is receiving international food aid.
BURMA--GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
BURMA--INTERNAL UNREST
Discusses Burma's political and economic future in the aftermath of the September 2007 protests during which the military fired on Buddhist monks. The military junta is benefiting from the sale of oil and gas but there is so little trickle down, and development in all other sectors is so bad that Burma, once a major rice exporter, is receiving international food aid.
BURMA--GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
BURMA--INTERNAL UNREST