State Department names Burma one of world’s worst countries for human trafficking
The State Department has named Burma as one of the world’s worst human trafficking offenders, and it removed Thailand from the list, citing progress in cracking down on forced labor in the seafood industry. The annual Trafficking in Persons Report released Thursday is watched closely by the countries clustered at the bottom. It is viewed […]
Reports: Burma Votes for Change
The New Configuration of Power Burma’s 8 November 2015 general elections—won in a landslide by the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi—have ushered in the second phase of the country’s political transition. The NLD won 390 (79.4 percent) of the 491 (due to the cancellation of seven townships) total […]
Politics of Civil Society in Hybrid Regime (MMRQ Vol 1, No 1)
The Myanmar Quarterly Vol.1, No.1. October, 2016. Politics of Civil Society in Hybrid Regime Burma/Myanmar has entered its second phase of political transition, shifting power from the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) government to the elected National League for Democracy (NLD) party led by Aung San Suu Kyi in April 2016. Contrary […]
Papers: Developing Disparity
The reform process and the subsequent political and economic changes in Burma/Myanmar have sparked great investment interest among governments and the private sector in the region and beyond. Large-scale investment projects are focused on the borderlands, which is where most of the natural resources in Burma – and indeed the Mekong region – are to be […]