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The Institute for Strategy and Policy (ISP) – Myanmar has learned that Aung Myo Htet, a member of the ISP-Myanmar staff, was sentenced by a court to two years in prison on November 30, 2021, for violating Section 505A of the Penal Code ISP-Myanmar strongly condemns this decision by the Read more...

Editor’s note The current issue of Myanmar Quarterly covers the concept of “social justice” from several perspectives Social justice is a critical element for addressing important issues in Myanmar that range from constitutional reform and ethnic equality to labor and land rights and policies for resources and environmental management In contemporary Myanmar society, we find Read more...

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Since 2011, Myanmar has undergone a daunting transition from entrenched military rule to a more democratic form of governance that can address longstanding political, economic and social fissures As the transition continues, what has become increasingly clear is that one of the biggest challenges for the government is how to solve technical problems by crafting Read more...

News coverage from The Joint Peace Fund Website (08 JUNE 2018) “Who does Civil Society represent and Why Should We care” This was the question asked earlier this week at a forum in Yangon looking at the role of civil society In all aspects of Myanmar’s transition towards democracy, including in the peace process, civil Read more...

  The Myanmar Quarterly Vol-1, No-3 July-August, 2017 Page – 564 An assessment of Myanmar’s political transition: Success and Challenges Content I Editor’s Note II Foreword by Dan Slater III Cover Stories, Interviews and Book Reviews Cover Stories (a) Factors influencing success and failure of democratic transition and policy proposal for Myanmar by Aung Thu Read more...

A version of this article appears in print on September 20, 2017, on Page A8 of the New York edition with the headline: Myanmar Leader, a Nobel Laureate, Defends Military From Rohingya Accusations Aung San Suu Kyi, a Much-Changed Icon, Evades Rohingya Accusations By RICHARD C PADDOCK and HANNAH BEECH NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar — Daw Aung Read more...

Is Yangon is an exciting place, commercial hub of the country and former capital with a large urban population While just 30 percent of the country’s people live in urban areas, a finding shows that urban poverty is (346 percent) of the population and which is higher than expected Save the Children, in collaboration with Read more...

By JANE PERLEZ JULY 19, 2017 NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar — When Myanmar’s leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, wanted to hold a peace conference to end her country’s long-burning insurgencies, a senior Chinese diplomat went to work The official assembled scores of rebel leaders, many with longstanding connections to China, briefed them on the peace gathering Read more...