Laurel Conran filled a two-inch binder with vocabulary sheets for a class she offers Burmese refugees who work in a Howard County warehouse. The first lesson was on basic introductions; the second, on ...

I said that I would find the place myself. I wanted to walk through the city, into Chinatown. “No, thank you. I do not want a ride, it’s all right.” The pause at the other end of the phone was so long ...

TODAY sits in at a fortnightly English class provided free-of-charge to foreign domestic helpers. We also hear from the intiators of the project, youth workers ... Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

Relief workers have just begun staging plans to pour into Myanmar after a cyclone rushed ashore, destroying towns, cutting power to the capital and killing more than 100,000 people. Myanmar is likely ...

The death death toll is well over 3000 people and over 4500 were injured with millions more displaced. Rescue and disaster teams continue their search as more people are believed to be still under the ...

In November 2012, U.S. President Barack Obama made a stop in Myanmar before attending an ASEAN summit in Cambodia – the first time a sitting U.S. president had visited either country. While Obama’s ...

Last month, the United Nations released a scathing report about the organization’s own actions in Myanmar over the past ten years. The report, written by an independent investigator, but commissioned ...

Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest examples of how media committed to building community and defending human rights can positively influence how people experience events ...

As the People's Republic of China approaches the 60th anniversary of its founding, Beijing has been unpleasantly surprised by the sudden outbreak of unrest on its long border with Burma. It's a lesson ...