Peter Popham has been a foreign correspondent and commentator at The Independent for more than 20 years, reporting from Albania, Mongolia, South Asia, and now Italy. He is the author of The Lady and the Peacock: The Life of Aung San Suu Kyi and Tokyo: The City at the End of the World.
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Aung San Suu Kyi’s Year of Living Dangerously
Once a symbol of the human-rights struggle worldwide, Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s has fallen... MORE
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Burma’s Bloody Spring
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Burma’s Half-Made Revolution
Aung San Suu Kyi implied on Monday that the West is being fooled by the pace of Burmese change. MORE
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Twilight of the Secretive Sects
Parents are praying that the era of bizarre religious groups dies along with Sun Myung Moon. MORE
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Britain Gets Its Groove Back
The U.K. has a new pep in its step, writes Peter Popham. MORE
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Suu Kyi’s American Tightrope
On her U.S. visit, the Nobel winner faces a balancing act with the regime and the West.... MORE
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The Paralympics Gets Its Due
As these London Games take the spotlight, not all are lifted by its athletes’ new fame.... MORE
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How Suu Kyi broke her halo
Peter Popham on how the Burmese opposition leader is keeping mum on minority persecution. MORE
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Inside Assange’s Embassy Home
Supporter Vaughan Smith tells Peter Popham about Assange’s life now—and what he was like as a... MORE
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The British are Drinking
As the Olympics descend on London, the national gloom continues. MORE
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Romney: All About the Benjamins
More than anything else, Mitt Romney’s day in Great Britain on Thursday was about filling his... MORE
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The Honeymoon May Be Over
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Secrets Of The Vatican
A series of leaks have exposed chaos at the heart of the Pope’s empire. MORE
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The Perils of Being an Insider
In Europe, Aung San Suu Kyi—the persecuted activist turned elected official—has found that Burma’s... MORE
