Burma flirts with freedom
Burma has existed for almost 50 years in a virtual cocoon, isolated by a military regime bent on repression, but last year marked a major shift as a civilian government took over, and impending elections bring hope for a brighter future.
Burma has existed for almost 50 years in a virtual cocoon, isolated by a military regime bent on repression.
But last year marked a major shift as a civilian government took over, and impending elections on April 1 bring hope for a brighter future.
The CBC's Adrienne Arsenault went to Burma, also known as Myanmar, to see a nation flirting with freedom, where artists, journalists and the political opposition are testing boundaries of expression that are gradually being relaxed.