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Burmese migrant workers fall prey to traffickers with the promise of work in Thailand.

The ruling junta is again rounding up critics and activists, but the reasons are unclear.

In the cyclone-stricken Irrawaddy Delta, an exploding rat population is wreaking havoc.

A Burmese-American faces new charges and a lengthy jail term.

Coercion, graft, and underage recruits: Former soldiers describe widespread abuses.

Rising temperatures are predicted to affect crop yields and water supplies, and will hit Southeast Asia hard.

The mother of an activist monk in Burma talks about her family's sacrifices.

A former Burmese military officer describes how children are enticed into the armed forces.

Burmese refugees, including children as young as 10, describe being recruited to work as military porters.

Throughout East Asia, vulnerable children are forced and trafficked into every kind of work.

Burmese refugees say more and more youngsters are being press-ganged into working as military porters.

Nearly two years after Burma's Saffron Revolution, an exiled leader of the monks' movement says their ranks are growing.

A dissident leader among Burmese monks tries to uphold his monastic vows in prison.

The State Department says it is seeking consular access to a U.S. citizen, missing since landing last week in Burma.