Military blockades across University Avenue in Rangoon stop all traffic and pedestrians from entering the road where Aung San Suu Kyi has been held under house arrest for the past 11 years
Government propaganda is prevalent throughout Burma warning people of the dangers of ‘internal and external destructive elements’. The ‘People’s Desire’ has become a mantra for the authorities that is printed daily in state controlled newspapers and appears on signs throughout the country.
Sagaing, in Upper Burma, an important religious and monastic center with numerous Buddhist monasteries
The daily market is the focal point of most Burmese towns. Once known as the 'rice-bowl' of Asia and despite being a natural resource rich nation, Burma has now become one of the poorest nations on earth due to chronic economic mismanagement by the ruling military regime.
The east gate entrance to the Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon, Burma. The Shwedagon Paya, officially titled Shwedagon Zedi Daw and also known as the Golden Pagoda, is a 98-metre gilded stupa. It is the most significant and important Buddhist pagoda in Burma where everyday, monks, nuns, novices and hundreds of Burmese come to make offerings and pray
The contrasting reality of Burma where monks and soldiers play an equally important role in daily life. Once, a resource rich nation, Burma has become one of the poorest in the world with estimated more than 30% of the population living on or below the poverty line and where the ruling military regime spend less than 2% of GDP on education and healthcare combined.
Nuns collecting their morning alms in downtown Rangoon
Burma, a resource rich nation, has become one of the poorest in the world with estimated more than 30% of the population living on or below the poverty line and where the ruling military regime spend less than 2% of GDP on education and healthcare combined.
Burmese army occupy a disused convention centre as their downtown base soon after the monk led uprising in September 2007
Homeless street children in a village in Upper Burma. Burma, a resource rich nation, has become one of the poorest in the world with estimated more than 30% of the population living on or below the poverty line and where the ruling military regime spend less than 2% of GDP on education and healthcare combined.
Young novice nuns walk through the streets of downtown Rangoon early in the morning collecting their alms. Buddhism plays a vital role in Burmese culture and society.
Resistance Park in Rangoon, Burma, is a former parade ground used by the military regime to mark Armed Forces Day and other military events with military parades. The park, guarded by soldiers, is closed to all visitors as the military regime have moved to a new capital city, Naypidaw
Monks walk beside the moat surrounding Mandalay's Royal Palace and Fort. Considered the center of Burmese culture, Mandalay is an important religious centre, home to thousands of monks
Traders prepare and deal in Burmese jade at the Mandalay jade market. Burmese jade is the most precious and the finest quality in the world. Whilst Western sanctions prohibit trade and import, it is a lucrative business for Asian countries, in particular Chinese dealers and brings in millionsn of dollars in revennue to the military regime
A Soldier from the Burmese army on patrol through a monastery in Central Burma.
A young women and her child forced to live on the streets through poverty. Burma, a resource rich nation, has become one of the poorest in the world with estimated more than 30% of the population living on or below the poverty line.
Riot police and military intelligence officers in a monastery in Rangoon as the crackdown continues after the monk led Saffron Revolution
Old wooden buses dating back to colonial times and second hand 3-wheeled cars imported from China are just some of the aging modes of public transport the people of Burm have to rely on
Burma, a resource rich nation, has become one of the poorest in the world with estimated more than 30% of the population living on or below the poverty line and where the ruling military regime spend less than 2% of GDP on education and healthcare combined.
Rangoon General Hospital is a mjaor public hospital in Rangoon (Yangon) former capital city of Burma (Myanmar). Like all civilian hospitals in Burma, it lacks even basic healthcre facilities and the military regime spends approximately just 1% of GDP on healthcare. The building was a major massacre site during the 8888 Uprising, in which injured patients, assumed to have taken part in the anti-government protests, were killed by the Tatmadaw. It is closed to tourists.
Anti-narcotics propaganda signs in Northern Burma. Opium cultivation and sale has long been a major source of income for the military regime
Rangoon (Yangon) former capital city of Burma (Myanmar). With a population of over four million, continues to be the country's largest city and the most important commercial center. It has more colonial buildings that anywhere else in South East Asia.
Daily life on the streets of Rangoon where vendors offer everything for sale from fresh food to bric-brac and discarded items. Burma, a resource rich nation, has become one of the poorest in the world with estimated more than 30% of the population living on or below the poverty line and where the ruling military regime spend less than 2% of GDP on education and healthcare combined.
Early morning in a tea shop in Sagaing, a religious and monastic center in upper Burma famous for its numerous Buddhist monasteries
Mandalay is the second-largest city and the last royal capital of Myanmar (Burma). It is the economic hub of Upper Burma and considered the center of Burmese culture.
A street trader waits for customers at his stall selling Betel nuts. Once known as the 'rice-bowl' of Asia and despite being a natural resource rich nation, Burma has now become one of the poorest nations on earth due to chronic economic mismanagement by the ruling military regime.
Daily life on the streets of Rangoon where vendors offer everything for sale from fresh food to bric-brac and discarded items. Burma, a resource rich nation, has become one of the poorest in the world with estimated more than 30% of the population living on or below the poverty line and where the ruling military regime spend less than 2% of GDP on education and healthcare combined.
Daily life on the streets of Rangoon where vendors offer everything for sale from fresh food to bric-brac and discarded items. Burma, a resource rich nation, has become one of the poorest in the world with estimated more than 30% of the population living on or below the poverty line and where the ruling military regime spend less than 2% of GDP on education and healthcare combined.
Burmese army occupy a disused convention centre as their downtown base soon after the monk led uprising in September 2007
Government propaganda is prevalent throughout Burma in both state controlled media and through the use of signs warning people against involvement in any form of anti-government activity.
Early evening in Amarapura sees hundreds of monks cross teh U Bein bridge back to their monasteries. Meaning "City of Immortality" Amarapura, a former capital of Burma, is famous for the U Bein bridge that crosses the a small lake and is the world's longest teak bridge
Phaung Daw Oo is a monastic education centre in Mandalay, Burma, dedicated to providing quality, free education to the under-privileged children of Mandalay. there are more than 4,000 pupils including novice monks and more than 200 orphans who live at the centre
Monk collecting his morning alms in downtown Rangoon
As day breaks each morning monks walk through the streets of downtown Rangoon collecting their alms. Buddhism plays a vital role in Burmese culture and society.
Burma, a resource rich nation, has become one of the poorest in the world with estimated more than 30% of the population living on or below the poverty line and where the ruling military regime spend less than 2% of GDP on education and healthcare combined.
Rangoon, former capital city of Burma. With a population of over four million, continues to be the country's largest city and the most important commercial center. It has more colonial buildings that anywhere else in South East Asia.
Young novice nuns collect their morning alms in the streets of downtown Rangoon. Buddhism plays a vital role in Burmese culture and society.
A soldier from the Burmese army on watch in downtown Rangoon
Military Intelligence officers and riot police outside a monastery that was raided during the monk led Saffron Revolution a month earlier and is now under the control of the authorities
Burma, a resource rich nation, has become one of the poorest in the world with estimated more than 30% of the population living on or below the poverty line and where the ruling military regime spend less than 2% of GDP on education and healthcare combined.
A homeless young girl, like so many poor young children in Burma, now lives in a monastery in Rangoon where she can receive education and hope for her future that the government can not provide
Soldier from the Burmese army on watch in downtown Rangoon soon after the Saffron Revolution uprising
Book shops and stalls on the streets of Rangoon often sell second hand books, old foreign magazines and school books that are not provided by the government. Strict controls are kept on all forms of media and education in Burma
A homeless young child now living on the streets in Mandalay. Once a resource rich nation, Burma has become one of the poorest in the world with estimated more than 30% of the population living on or below the poverty line
A young homeless boy carrying his younger brother begs on the streets of Mandalay. Burma, a resource rich nation, has become one of the poorest in the world with estimated more than 30% of the population living on or below the poverty line and where the ruling military regime spend less than 2% of GDP on education and healthcare combined.
Homeless street children in a village in Upper Burma. Burma, a resource rich nation, has become one of the poorest in the world with estimated more than 30% of the population living on or below the poverty line and where the ruling military regime spend less than 2% of GDP on education and healthcare combined.
Rangoon University, located on the banks of Inya Lake, is the oldest and most famous University in Burma. It has been at the centre of civil discontent throughout it's history with student protests in 1962, 1974, 1988 and 1996. Since the uprising of 1996, it no longer offers any full-time undergraduate programs. In addition, the authorities no longer allow undergraduate students on campus.
Restricted military area in Rangoon
Burma, a resource rich nation, has become one of the poorest in the world with estimated more than 30% of the population living on or below the poverty line and where the ruling military regime spend less than 2% of GDP on education and healthcare combined.
Daily life on the streets of Rangoon where vendors offer everything for sale from fresh food to bric-brac and discarded items. Burma, a resource rich nation, has become one of the poorest in the world with estimated more than 30% of the population living on or below the poverty line and where the ruling military regime spend less than 2% of GDP on education and healthcare combined.
Daily life on the streets of Rangoon where vendors offer everything for sale from fresh food to bric-brac and discarded items. Burma, a resource rich nation, has become one of the poorest in the world with estimated more than 30% of the population living on or below the poverty line and where the ruling military regime spend less than 2% of GDP on education and healthcare combined.
An old wooden public bus, dating back to Burma's colonial past still in use in Mandalay
An elderly lady with emphysema is cared for at the centre that can provide oxygen thanks to donations from foreign donors
Daily life on the streets of Rangoon where vendors offer everything for sale from fresh food to bric-brac and discarded items. Burma, a resource rich nation, has become one of the poorest in the world with estimated more than 30% of the population living on or below the poverty line and where the ruling military regime spend less than 2% of GDP on education and healthcare combined.
Military Intelligence (MI) officers in Burma. The Burmese authorities keep a strict control on the public, allowing no form of dissent to their authoritarian rule.
A soldier stands watch in downtown Rangoon. The Burmese authorities keep a strict control on the public and tolerate no form of opposition or dissent
The offices of the National League for Democracy in Mandalay. Burma's opposition party lead by Aung San Suu Kyi won the general election in 1990 but were never allowed to assume power by the ruling military regime. Since then offices across the country have remained closed for long periods of time as political oppression of all opposition continues
Burma, a resource rich nation, has become one of the poorest in the world with estimated more than 30% of the population living on or below the poverty line and where the ruling military regime spend less than 2% of GDP on education and healthcare combined.
Daily life on the streets of Rangoon where vendors offer everything for sale from fresh food to bric-brac and discarded items. Burma, a resource rich nation, has become one of the poorest in the world with estimated more than 30% of the population living on or below the poverty line and where the ruling military regime spend less than 2% of GDP on education and healthcare combined.
