Tagged with Burma

Burma promised the US President Obama last year that their military ties with North Korea would be severed. However evidence from Burma suggests that this is not the case. Dr Andrew Selth takes a closer look at this issue in his article for The Lowy Institutes The Interpreter: http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2013/07/10/Burma-and-North-Korea-Again-Still.aspx

Dr Andrew Selth discusses Aung San Suu Kyi’s quest to become President in Burma with The Interpreter.   You can watch and read the whole story here: http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2013/05/16/Will-Aung-San-Suu-Kyi-be-President-of-Burma.aspx

“The key issue now is not what has happened in the past, but how Naypyidaw will respond to sectarian violence in the future. Even if the Government is determined to tackle social tensions in a more sensitive manner – and last year’s abuses in Rakhine State showed how difficult that can be – it will […]

Dr Andrew Selth writes about the importance of looking at all aspects of Burma’s political and democratic system. You can read his whole article from The Lowy Institute here: http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2013/03/14/Burmas-fractious-polity-The-price-of-democracy.aspx

Dr Andrew Selth write about the Awards given to Burma’s President Thein Sein in his article with The Interprester: Last Friday, Foreign Policy magazine named Burma’s President Thein Sein (pictured) and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as the two top global thinkers for 2012. On the same day, Thein Sein was named Asian of […]

Last week, television viewers in Burma were treated to a remarkable sight: the police force formally apologising for using excessive force to break up a protest at a mine site, and injuring more than 20 Buddhist monks. This unusual event was in response to widespread public criticism of the violence, which will also be the […]