Aug 7, 2013 | Rohingya Issues
by Asma Masood The Rohingya issue is seen less as a clash between religions and more of an ethnic and economic problem within Myanmar’s rapidly developing economy, according to a Times of India report. The report also quotes an investment consultant that there is...
Aug 7, 2013 | News / Article
by Maung Zarni Over the past three years, change in Myanmar has transpired at a dizzying pace. A cursory look at the turn of events, ranging from the release of hundreds of political prisoners to restored diplomatic relations with the West, indicates on the surface a...
Aug 7, 2013 | News / Article
By RSIS The controversial Buddhist monk Wirathu, putative leader of the Buddhist fundamentalist 969 movement in Myanmar, has fuelled Buddhist-Muslim violence in the past year. Liberal responses to let the marketplace of ideas drown his extremist rhetoric are unlikely...
Aug 7, 2013 | News / Article
Associated Press YANGON // Punk rockers draw double-takes as they dart through traffic, but it is not just the pink hair, leather jackets or skull tattoos that make these 20-somethings rebels. It is their willingness to speak out against Buddhist monks instigating...
Aug 7, 2013 | News / Article
By C. S. Kuppuswamy Introduction In his address at the Chatham House, UK on 15 July 2013, President Thein Sein categorically asserted that the armed fighting in Myanmar since 1948 will end soon. “There are issues of autonomy and self determination of power sharing and...
