5 Minutes To ReadMyat Myat Mon discusses some priority preparations Myanmar should undertake before the launch of the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor.
Tags: Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), development, economy, Kyaukphyu, One Belt One Road, Yunnan
October 10, 2018
3 Minutes To ReadElliott Fox enjoys this series of tributes to a much-missed friend of Yangon.
Tags: architecture, Book Review, tea shops, Yangon
October 8, 2018
9 Minutes To ReadNicolas Salem-Gervais, on the prospects of teaching ethnic histories when decentralizing education.
Tags: curriculum, ethnic histories, ethnic languages, ethnic minorities, historiography, history, Mother-Tongue Based Multilingual Education, nation-building, states and regions
October 4, 2018
14 Minutes To ReadNicolas Salem-Gervais, on the challenges to ambitious language-in-education policies in Myanmar.
Tags: curriculum, ethnic histories, ethnic languages, ethnic minorities, historiography, language policy, Mon, Mother-Tongue Based Multilingual Education, nation-building, shan
October 2, 2018
10 Minutes To ReadNicolas Salem-Gervais, on the teaching of ethnic languages in government schools, past and present.
Tags: curriculum, ethnic histories, ethnic languages, historiography, language policy, Mother-Tongue Based Multilingual Education, nation-building
October 1, 2018
7 Minutes To ReadHilary Faxon and Pyo Let Han reflect on the positions & politics of female farmers.
Tags: agriculture, development, farmers, feminism, land
September 19, 2018
8 Minutes To ReadDavid Scott Mathieson discovers some curious displays in Pansodan’s thriving book stalls.
Tags: Rakhine State, Rohingya, Yangon
September 17, 2018
8 Minutes To ReadMaximillian Morch writes about how local community organizations in refugee camps mitigate natural disasters but face cuts.
Tags: environment, Mae La, natural disaster, refugees, Thai-Burma border
September 12, 2018
5 Minutes To ReadReshmi Banerjee explores the trans-border relevance of the archaeological site of Bagan.
Tags: archaeology, Bagan, Book Review, Manipur, Mrauk U
September 10, 2018
8 Minutes To ReadJesse Hartery considers the possibilities for a change in Myanmar’s constitutional amendment procedure.
Tags: constitution, constitutional reform, federalism, Hluttaw, National League for Democracy (NLD)
September 5, 2018
5 Minutes To ReadActivists May Sabe Phyu and researchers Aye Thiri Kyaw and Stephanie Miedema discuss the #MeToo movement in Myanmar.
Tags: activism, gender, gender inequality, sexual violence, women's rights
August 29, 2018
6 Minutes To ReadDavid Scott Mathieson explores the new collection of essays by noted journalist Kyaw Zwa Moe, an emotional palimpsest of lives lived under military rule.
Tags: Book Review, Burma, political prisoners, prison
August 27, 2018
13 Minutes To ReadKhin Myat Myat Wai reports on offshore raft fishing in Myanmar, as translated by Stephen Campbell.
Tags: journalism, Pyapon, workers' rights
August 22, 2018
9 Minutes To ReadAndrew Ong makes the case for the international community to reach out to the UWSA and build trust.
Tags: China, peace process, United Wa State Army (UWSA), Wa
August 20, 2018
9 Minutes To ReadNyein Thiri Swe and Zaw Min Oo from the Enlightened Myanmar Research Foundation (EMReF) assess the performance of the sub-national parliaments and change in their structural constraints since the transition.
Tags: Hluttaw, parliament, states and regions, transition
August 14, 2018
8 Minutes To ReadDaw Htay Htay Win describes the history behind the distribution of Bogyoke Aung Gyi’s letter.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, history, Pyin Oo Lwin
August 8, 2018
4 Minutes To ReadLiu Yun analyzes the significance of an Chinese-Pyu inscription found at the Tharaba Gate.
Tags: Bagan, history, Pyu, translation
July 30, 2018
5 Minutes To ReadAndrew Thomson discusses Japanese Officer Keiji Suzuki’s role in Myanmar’s independence movement.
Tags: Aung San, colonial burma, colonialism, independence, Japan, nationalism
July 26, 2018
6 Minutes To ReadDiana Huynh considers Myanmar’s trajectory towards national spatial planning and urbanisation under the NLD in the last year.
Tags: National League for Democracy (NLD), urban planning, urbanisation, Yangon, Year in Review
July 17, 2018
8 Minutes To ReadCourtney T. Wittekind reviews Stephen Campbell’s account of migrant labor in Thailand.
Tags: Book Review, capitalism, labour, labour rights, Mae Sot, migrant workers, Thai-Burma border, workers' rights
July 9, 2018
3 Minutes To ReadRadka Antalikova discusses the newly launched Graduate Research Diploma on peacebuilding and research at the Thabyay Education Foundation.
Tags: conflict, peace, peacebuilding, research, Thabyay Education Foundation
July 5, 2018
7 Minutes To ReadAndrew Thomson argues that the imposition of economic sanctions on Myanmar will not help resolve the Rohingya crisis.
Tags: citizenship, economy, Islam, Rakhine State, Rohingya
June 26, 2018
4 Minutes To ReadMyat Myat Mon discusses the importance of constitutional conversation and how it can foster more informed public debate in Myanmar.
Tags: constitution, constitutional reform, federalism, law
June 18, 2018
12 Minutes To ReadFrancois-Guillaume Jaeck attempts to identify why, and how, Myanmar’s ultranationalism provided such fertile ground for the harmful side of social media to take root.
Tags: buddhism, buddhist nationalism, media, nationalism, Rohingya, social media
June 13, 2018
4 Minutes To ReadGiulia Garbagni reviews a nuanced account of the challenges and contradictions of wartime journalism.
Tags: Book Review, history, journalism
June 11, 2018
21 Minutes To ReadAngshuman Choudhury analyses the recent bouts of rebel-military violence in Myanmar and assesses their implications for the peace process ahead.
Tags: Arakan, Arakan Army (AA), ceasefire, Chin, ethnic conflict, IDP, insurgency, Kachin, Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Karen, Karen National Union (KNU), Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), Panglong Conference, peace process, Tatmadaw
June 7, 2018
7 Minutes To ReadBobby Anderson explores fundamental—and often, incompatible—differences in perception between Myanmar’s military, civilian, and insurgent authorities.
Tags: ceasefire, ethnic conflict, Panglong Conference, peace process, Year in Review
June 6, 2018
5 Minutes To ReadDaniel Aguirre discusses how the failures of the legal system in Myanmar result in impunity for human rights violations and allows the State – and military – to rule by law.
Tags: human rights, international law, law, rule of law
June 4, 2018
8 Minutes To ReadKhin Chan Myae Maung argues that transgender people in Myanmar are treated as less than human, in law and society.
Tags: citizenship, equality, gender, human rights
May 31, 2018
11 Minutes To ReadYaw Bawm Mangshang analyzes the status of press freedom under the NLD-led government.
Tags: freedom of expression, law, media, National League for Democracy (NLD), press freedom, Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), Year in Review
May 30, 2018
4 Minutes To ReadHtet Thiha Zaw uses night time satellite images to confirm likely resettlement in Rohingya areas.
Tags: conflict, Rakhine State, resettlement, Rohingya, Sittwe
May 28, 2018
11 Minutes To ReadJesse Hartery discusses some of the legal and constitutional changes in Myanmar over the last year. Editor’s Note This post is part of Tea Circle’s “2018 Year in Review” series, which looks back […]
Tags: constitutional reform, democracy, law, National League for Democracy (NLD), Panglong Conference, Year in Review
May 24, 2018
5 Minutes To ReadVeronica Collins argues that a museum run by former political prisoners showcases the lasting impact of state brutality on Burmese society.
Tags: democracy, human rights, justice, museum, political dialogue, political prisoners, Year in Review
May 23, 2018
7 Minutes To ReadElliot Brennan writes about the modest improvements to key public health measures and policy in Myanmar.
Tags: environment, mental health, policy, public health, Year in Review
May 21, 2018
14 Minutes To ReadBobby Anderson, in this two-part series on the borderlands of Burma, looks at the politics of insurgent groups in Paletwa, in southern Chin State. Part I can be found here and the author’s […]
Tags: Arakan Army (AA), Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), borders, Chin, development, ethnic conflict, peace process, Rakhine State, Rohingya
May 18, 2018
7 Minutes To ReadBobby Anderson writes about Paletwa, in southern Chin State, in a two-part series.
Tags: borderlands, borders, Chin, Rakhine State
May 17, 2018
< 1 minuteBobby Anderson captures Myanmar’s Paletwa Township in Chin State, and parts of neighboring Rakhine.
Tags: Chin State, media
7 Minutes To ReadJoanna Dolińska discusses the meaning of TVET for the socioeconomic development of Myanmar.
Tags: development, Mandalay, policy, vocational training, Yangon
May 16, 2018
5 Minutes To ReadReshmi Banerjee reviews Andrew Selth’s book on popular music in colonial Burma.
Tags: Book Review, history, music
May 15, 2018
7 Minutes To ReadRenaud Egreteau assesses what Myanmar’s Union legislature has (and has not) achieved over the past year.
Tags: law, legal reform, National League for Democracy (NLD), parliament, Year in Review
May 14, 2018
5 Minutes To ReadThomas Dowling suggests a more nuanced approach to Leeds United’s controversial tour in Myanmar.
Tags: ethics, foreign investment, Rohingya, sports
May 11, 2018
10 Minutes To ReadAshley S. Kinseth probes the relationship between social media and conflict and its evolution over the past year.
Tags: civil society, conflict, Facebook, government, hate speech, Rakhine State, Rohingya, social media, Tatmadaw, Year in Review
May 10, 2018
4 Minutes To ReadJane M Ferguson reflects on the ritual of USD note scrutiny in Myanmar.
May 9, 2018
15 Minutes To ReadDavid Scott Mathieson suggests new ways to understand the world’s oldest civil war.
Tags: burma studies, conflict, conflict studies, ethnic conflict, insurgency, journalism, policy, research
May 7, 2018
6 Minutes To ReadReshmi Banerjee explores issues which unify North East India and Myanmar.
Tags: borderlands, culture, ethnicity, India
May 3, 2018
6 Minutes To ReadThal Sandy Tun analyzes recent shifts seen in Myanmar’s energy sector.
Tags: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), development, economy, energy, investment, liquid petroleum gas, resources, Year in Review
May 1, 2018
5 Minutes To ReadAndrew Thomson considers the role of internal migrants in promoting financial inclusion in rural areas.
Tags: economy, finance, labour rights, migrant labour, migrants, policy, technology
April 30, 2018
8 Minutes To ReadEwan Cameron argues for the validity of ‘Myanma English’ in a global world.
Tags: Burmese, culture, Karen, language
April 26, 2018
4 Minutes To ReadNang Poe Hnin Phyu laments the changes in Yangon’s Thingyan celebrations.
Tags: culture, modernity, Thingyan, Yangon
April 23, 2018
3 Minutes To ReadKyaw Sint urges Facebook to be more proactive in engaging in Myanmar.
Tags: Facebook, hate speech, journalism, research, social media
April 12, 2018