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The long history of silent meditation retreats and the individuals who helped shape them

Silent retreats have become increasingly common in the United States in recent years.

The Conversation

‘Orwell went off to fight. I thought I’d have to do the same’: Raoul Peck on his intimate connection with the writer

The Haitian director was given unprecedented access to George Orwell’s archives – and found a fellow crusader for truth. His extraordinary new film highlights the sinister links between Big Brother, Trump and Putin

The Guardian - UK

Trump administration cancels temporary asylum for Myanmar nationals living in US

Homeland security claims country being ruled by military dictatorship ‘no longer continues to meet conditions’ for Temporary Protected Status

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Hackers, your game is over - US government announces ‘strike force’ to stamp out Southeast Asian cyber scams

US Strike Force disrupts Southeast Asian scam centers, seizing cryptocurrency and targeting DKBA and Chinese criminal networks.

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Remembrance Day: How the Canadian Armed Forces could help solve the youth employment crisis

Every year on Remembrance Day, I think about my grandfathers — my American grandfather who flew his Stinson L-5 along the coast of Burma and my Hungarian grandfather who fought in the Second World War.

The Conversation

Remembering the second world war’s Burma campaign with the descendants of Japanese fighters on the 80th anniversary of VJ day

To mark 80 years since the end of the second world war, a group of ten Japanese people whose fathers and grandfathers once fought against the British travelled to the UK to mark victory over Japan day (VJ day). The story of their ancestors is one that is often forgotten.…

The Conversation

London museum tells forgotten story of African and Indian troops in second world war

National Army Museum’s Beyond Burma exhibition examines stories of soldiers from Britain’s colonies

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101-year-old veteran receives Freedom of the City of London

Sidney Machin, from Dorset, was made a freeman as a tribute to his service in the Second World War

The Independent UK

The Narrow Road to the Deep North: what's true and what's false?

It was also called the ‘railway of death’

Evening Standard

Shattered Lands by Sam Dalrymple review – the many partitions of southern Asia

A deeply researched history that examines colonial and post-colonial faultlines, from Aden to Myanmar

The Guardian - UK

Patricia Herbert obituary

Other lives: British Library curator and author of The Life of the Buddha

The Guardian - UK

Wartime star Dame Vera Lynn would want young people to help others – daughter

Dame Vera lifted troops’ spirits with concerts in Egypt, India and Burma during the war.

Evening Standard

‘We were all in it together’: Jacob Elordi on his wartime epic The Narrow Road to the Deep North

The Saltburn and Priscilla star talks about his first Australian lead role and the physical costs of playing a prisoner of war on the Burma-Thailand railway

The Guardian - AU

What to know about Myanmar's natural disasters and civil war complicating relief efforts

The Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar has been plagued by wars and natural disasters since it became independent from Britain in 1948, when it was still called Burma

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Out-of-date polls to wrong aid amounts: factchecking Trump’s Congress address

The president’s marathon address to a joint session of Congress was littered with false claims he’s been corrected on but continued to repeat

The Guardian - AU

Myanmar civil war: a quick guide to the conflict

Armed groups have been fighting the military junta since a coup in 2021. What has changed in four years? How is China involved? And what has happened to Aung Sun Suu Kyi? We answer these questions and more

The Independent UK

‘Remarkable’ Second World War veteran to celebrate 100th birthday

Captain Walter Godsal RN, a Burma Star veteran who spent 37 years in the Royal Navy, will turn 100 on December 3.

The Guardian - UK

‘I fly, I drive. We’re all complicit’: Richard Flanagan on vanishing species and refusing the Baillie Gifford prize money

The Australian’s book about his parents’ love and his father’s horrific experience of Burma’s Death Railway won the illustrious nonfiction award. Here he talks about finding beauty and hope in the age of extinction and despair

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Muslims join Buddhist, Christian fighters to topple Myanmar’s military

Muslims join fight under multiethnic leadership as groups once marginalized are embraced by Myanmar’s revolution.

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Military Airstrikes Kill Rohingya In Western Burma, U.N. Expresses Concern

Military airstrikes in Burma target Rohingya minority, leading to casualties and damage. U.N. expresses concern over escalating violence and civilian prote...

The Guardian - UK

Burma Sahib by Paul Theroux review – how Eric Blair became George Orwell

The evils of empire are brought to life in this fascinating imagining of Orwell’s days as a colonial policeman, but the perspective of Burmese people is sidelined

The Guardian - UK

Burma Sahib by Paul Theroux review – George Orwell’s Burmese days vibrantly brought to life

The US writer’s fictionalised portrait of the young Eric Blair’s time with the imperial police in Burma is a keenly felt and vividly researched account of colonial bigotry and power

The Hindu

Artist Benitha Perciyal’s series of wooden books is on display at Serendipity Arts Festival

Chennai-based artist Benitha Perciyal carves books out of discarded Burma teak, creating a living, breathing library of over 700 titles.

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