Sometimes the best news can be found from the original sources. If you have been following the terrible events In Myanmar in the mainstream media, you might want to check out these bloggers who are in the midst of it.
- http://soneseayar.blogspot.com/
- Mizzima News
- The Irawaddy
- Democratic Voice of Burma
- Justice & Injustice
- http://mmedwatch.blogspot.com/
- http://ko-htike.blogspot.com/
- http://mogokmedia.blogspot.com/
Many of these are not in English, but the pictures tell the story.
The junta government has cracked down on the Internet, but many of these intrepid bloggers are still posting, at risk of life and limb, and getting out the story that the Myanmar government is trying to purge. In fact, the presence of "the western media" in Myanmar is almost non-existent, so it is bloggers and other "citizen journalists" (e.g., people text messaging with cellphones) who are bringing the story to the rest of the world.