The Muslim “Rohingya” of Burma

Oct 11, 2006 | Rohingya History

Martin Smith A preliminary point I want to highlight is that, while Burma has many complex ethnic problems, the plight of the Muslims of Arakan is by far the most tense and difficult of all the ethnic problems I have encountered in over a decade of writing on the...

Lost on the road to democracy

Oct 11, 2006 | Articles

John Aglionby “As Burma's assembly pushes closer to a final constitution, is the country really on the brink of a new democratic age.” Burma's ruling junta today reconvened its constitution-drafting convention, for what is being billed as one...

Village tract level administration dissolved in Arakan

Oct 10, 2006 | Latest

Tuesday, 10 October 2006  The village tract level administrative system, which has been in vogue in the SPDC military junta's regime since 1988, was recently dissolved in Arakan State, according to a local village administrator. However, it is not clear...

Myanmar’s move to military democracy

Oct 8, 2006 | Articles

Larry Jagan BANGKOK – Myanmar's top brass are in the process of overhauling their junta-led government, where military leader General Than Shwe and second-in-command General Maung Aye are preparing to stand down from their traditional military commands...