Aung Zaw

About Aung Zaw

Aung Zaw is founding editor of The Irrawaddy, a magazine about Burma and Southeast Asian affairs, located in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand.

Confronting Pressure From Donors

By Watchdog March 15, 2008

The following words are reprinted from a Nieman Reports article written by Aung Zaw, editor of The Irrawaddy, a magazine about Burma and Southeast Asian affairs located in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand. In this section of his article, Zaw addressed … Read more

Burmese Reporters in Exile Confront Different Risks

By June 15, 2006

Power shortages and blackouts are nothing new in Burma. Nor are news blackouts. In early February, authorities detected bird flu in Sagaing and Mandalay divisions but the news didn’t appear in state-run newspapers or privately run journals until the middle … Read more