Analysis

August 27, 2014
‘We have more opportunity for cooperation. This momentum will not change’ China and Myanmar have shared a close relationship for decades. Despite a...
April 23, 2014
Censuses are a starting point to order society. Benedict Anderson writes in his iconic essay Census, Map, Museum, that British colonial census-makers...
April 23, 2014
Censuses are a starting point to order society. Benedict Anderson writes in his iconic essay Census, Map, Museum, that British colonial census-makers...
October 11, 2013
As violence erupted in Arakan state of Sandoway town, the ongoing persecution of Kaman Muslims has made the news yet again. Unfortunately, this is...
August 23, 2013
Tomas Ojea Quintana, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, was in Myanmar last week on a 10 day long fact...
August 5, 2013
The 25th anniversary of the 8888 Uprising Day is only a few days away. Preparations to commemorate the anniversary have been underway amid...
August 3, 2013
Some may not agree. But if one asks the late Shan leader and scholar Chao Tzang Yawnghwe (1939-2004), better known as Uncle Eugene, (if he's still...
August 3, 2013
The new political entity “Union of Burma” came to life in 1948, due to the Panglong Agreement in 1947. So it is first, the Panglong Agreement,...
July 15, 2013
The transition to democracy that is in progress in Myanmar has showcased Nay Pyi Taw’s quest to prove to the world its credentials of becoming the...
June 28, 2013
My presentation will focus on the history of how Maehongson became part of Thailand from the standpoint of Shan and British scholars, as well as oral...
June 28, 2013
While the recent political reforms in Burma show promise for the country’s future, Burma’s long-neglected healthcare system faces a number of...
June 26, 2013
Today, 26 June 2013 , the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, is quite special. SHAN has good news for so-called drug...
June 7, 2013
It has been reported in the media that sectarian violence broke out and escalated on a wide scale, when a Muslim man doused a Buddhist woman with...
June 6, 2013
The peace talk held in Myitkyina, from 28 to 30 May, between the Kachin Independence Organization/Army (KIO/KIA) and Thein Sein government stopped...
June 5, 2013
A Long time ago I learned never to say ‘never again’ when it comes to Myanmar’s savagery. The latest mayhem against Muslims in the Shan state, far...

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