Blaine has another story about Burma, from the Burmese side of the Thai-Burma border. It's about a militia who are, from a distance and with few men in arms, mildly challenging the Burmese military.
Click here to see Blaine's video about the story - the landscape is just gorgeous, a place few of us will ever see.
Showing posts with label Burma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Burma. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Blaine's latest...
Blaine has another front-page story in Thursday's (12/6) WaPo. The guy is on fire! This one is about Japanese bloggers, who, surprisingly, outnumber English-speaking bloggers around the world. Unlike American bloggers who blog to, um, get noticed and express strong opinions, Japanese bloggers focus on small things like their daily lunch menu and don't expect anyone to pay attention.
Also, in the Blaine publicity dept, check out this link for "Tokyo Stories" in video, which will build a Blaine-o-ramic collection of Japan stories. The WaPo's video team set this up when they were here in October, and it's a pretty cool model for what the WaPo is trying to do w/video on its home page; the future of newspapers indeed!
His first story on Burma ran on Tuesday. It's about Burmese rebels who sort of, kind of, want to fight the nasty Burmese govt, but they seem to lack the resources and power within the country to do so.
Also, in the Blaine publicity dept, check out this link for "Tokyo Stories" in video, which will build a Blaine-o-ramic collection of Japan stories. The WaPo's video team set this up when they were here in October, and it's a pretty cool model for what the WaPo is trying to do w/video on its home page; the future of newspapers indeed!
His first story on Burma ran on Tuesday. It's about Burmese rebels who sort of, kind of, want to fight the nasty Burmese govt, but they seem to lack the resources and power within the country to do so.
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Trailing Spouse - Burma edition
We thought Blaine might leave for Bangkok this weekend to cover the Burma aftermath.
(Burma, Southeast Asia and Australia are part of the empire I call Greater Blainia.)
So I'm faced with an unexpected moral dilemma: If the Burmese govt maintains its brutal crackdown, repressing millions of people, Blaine will likely not spend as much time covering that story. If Burma opens up, freeing millions of people, Blaine will probably spend weeks and/or months there - a definite challenge for us in Tokyo.
For now, we think he'll be in Tokyo for a few weeks, at least, now that the Korea negotiations are done for now.
Am I worried that Blaine could go to Burma and risk arrest or worse? A Japanese photographer was shot to death there last week.
Blaine probably couldn't get a visa from the current govt. He went there in 2000 and wrote a series of A1 stories for The New York Times, and I'm guessing that someone in the former SLORC knows how to use Google.
(Burma, Southeast Asia and Australia are part of the empire I call Greater Blainia.)
So I'm faced with an unexpected moral dilemma: If the Burmese govt maintains its brutal crackdown, repressing millions of people, Blaine will likely not spend as much time covering that story. If Burma opens up, freeing millions of people, Blaine will probably spend weeks and/or months there - a definite challenge for us in Tokyo.
For now, we think he'll be in Tokyo for a few weeks, at least, now that the Korea negotiations are done for now.
Am I worried that Blaine could go to Burma and risk arrest or worse? A Japanese photographer was shot to death there last week.
Blaine probably couldn't get a visa from the current govt. He went there in 2000 and wrote a series of A1 stories for The New York Times, and I'm guessing that someone in the former SLORC knows how to use Google.
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