Nov 18th, 2008 · After coming to the U.S., Burmese refugees try to preserve their culture and music with traditional instruments and dance. Most of these musicians have not seen their homeland in 20 years and the younger ones were born in the camps, citizens of no country.
Jun 5th, 2008 · The true story of an American G.I. fleeing an Army manhunt through the jungles of India and Burma is told in the new book, "Now the Hell Will Start: One Soldier's Flight from the Greatest Manhunt of World War II." The author, Brendan Koerner, joins us.
Jun 3rd, 2008 · Alex Chadwick talks with Brendan Koerner about his book, Now the Hell Will Start. It's the true story of Private Herman Perry, an African-American soldier in World War II who murdered his commanding officer and fled to the jungles of Burma.
May 19th, 2008 · Ashin Thitzana, a Burmese monk in the Los Angeles-area, offers an interpretation of the tragedy.
May 13th, 2008 · Diplomats around the world continue talks with Myanmar's military government about bringing relief aid to the country's cyclone victims. The Southeast Asian country, once called Burma, has been under military rule in one form or another since 1962. Co-host Renee Montagne speaks with David Steinberg, a professor of Asian Studies at Georgetown University, about Myanmar's history and politics.
May 10th, 2008 · Ft. Wayne, Ind., is home to one of the largest communities of Burmese refugees. Michael Puente of Chicago Public radio reports on relief efforts being organized there.
May 8th, 2008 · More than 100,000 people may be dead and millions homeless in Burma - also known as Myanmar - following the devastating cyclone that hit the Southeast Asian country this week. But the military government has made delivering aid difficult. Jeff Wright, a disaster relief specialist with Worldvision; and Tin Thaw, who works with the Burmese-American Buddhist community, give an update on international efforts to provide aid.
Sep 30th, 2007 · U.N. envoy Ibrahim Gambari spent the weekend in Myanmar in an effort to find a peaceful solution to the military government's crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators. He met with detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Sunday and separately, with Burmese military rulers.