Myanmar | The mess that the army has made | Economist.com

this is probably useful for GP. somehow. it's interesting at any rate, for the following reasons:
a) myanmar is due to assume the presidency of ASEAN soon; it's rather awkward to have a pariah government presiding over ASEAN
b) there's this woman, she's kept in isolation all the time because she has Things To Say, her name is Aung San Suu Kyi, which is not pronounced like how it looks
c) if you think we've got it tough, the burmese have got it worse. Really.