Burma, Butterflies and the Beijing Olympics

Going back about 12 years, there was a lot of excitement about something called chaos theory. Put simply, chaos theory aims to find patterns in seemingly random and unrelated events. One of the best known examples of chaos theory is the butterfly effect, which hypothesizes that a butterfly flapping its wings on one side of [...]

In Memoriam

ITwo days ago, Pado Mahn Sha, the secretary general of the Karen National Union (KNU) was killed at his home in Mae Sot by two unknown gunmen.
His death is a massive loss to the Karen people, to the Burmese democracy movement and to all who stand on the side of justice, who believe in the [...]