Analysis
April 19, 2013
| S.H.A.N
While recognizing the importance of migrant labor to economic growth, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is more concerned with regulating their...
March 19, 2013
| Mizzima
It seems Aung San Suu Kyi is taking on what should have been the government's job. Her work on the Latpadaung Inquiry Commission was to find facts—...
March 11, 2013
| KIC
Just over a year ago, the Karen National Union entered into negotiations with President Thein Sein’s quasi-civilian government with the ultimate aim...
February 28, 2013
| Mizzima
Tin Thit, the coordinator of the Myanmar-China Pipeline Watch Committee in Mandalay, is cited in NPR on Friday saying that although the Myanmar army...
February 24, 2013
| Mizzima
There has been several discussions in the media about “cronies”; stories that evolved from Aung San Suu Kyi accepting donations from some influential...
February 21, 2013
| KIC
Despite the lifting of sanctions, experts predict that Burma’s long-term economic outlook is full of risks for potential investors, as military-...
February 16, 2013
| Kaladan
Repeatedly, ruthless stories on Rohingya people in Arakan under the racist Burma’s security forces are taking since long. There are many tragedies...
January 19, 2013
| IMNA
Burma, also known as Myanmar, is opening to democracy. A key factor in achieving a smooth democratization process is economic growth, but growth that...
January 19, 2013
| KIC
U Phyinyarthami (also known as Taungalay Sayadaw), the Abbot of Taungalay Temple in Hpa-an Township in Karen State, talked to Karen News about the...
January 19, 2013
| KIC
Naw Ohn Hla is a former political prisoner and a former member of the National League for Democracy, the political party led by Aung San Suu Kyi. She...
January 19, 2013
| KIC
The recent development within the KNU’s leadership has sent viral shock wave across the Karen communities both inside and abroad. The revelation that...
January 18, 2013
| S.H.A.N
The WGEC (Working Group for Ethnic Coordination) is the offshoot of the conference of ethnic armed movements, 26-28 February 2012, 6 months after...
January 18, 2013
| S.H.A.N
Last week a strange thing happened in Burma-Sorry-Myanmar, after jet fighters, bombers and helicopter gunships strafed the Kachin Independence Army (...
January 18, 2013
| S.H.A.N
I have written at least once about Emperor Asoka Maurya, who had flourished in the 3rd century B.C. and had conquered most of India today and several...
January 18, 2013
| S.H.A.N
On 10 October, the alliance of 10 political parties, which includes 5 ethnic parties, reached agreement to draft a parliamentary proposal for the 14...