For the entire 15 years that Charmaine Craig was writing “Miss Burma,” tensions seethed between the Burmese majority and the ethnic minorities that make up Myanmar. It is a dark coincidence that as ...

The government of old Burma -- Social and economic aspects of old Burma -- A century of British relations, 1784-1886 -- British administration, 1886-1914 -- Economic and social developments, 1870-1914 ...

The country’s prospects of democracy and development “have been repeatedly thwarted by a predatory military and an indifferent international community.” More than two years after Myanmar’s military ...

Hunter Marston is a doctoral candidate at Australian National University. When Suu Kyi’s party triumphed in 2015, in the first free national elections since 1990, Myanmar was expected to turn a corner ...

Min Sun Min writes about the modern history of Myanmar by documenting the banknotes issued for Burma. Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest examples of how media committed to ...

Burmese writer and historian Dr. Thant Myint-U discussed his new book, “The Hidden History of Burma: Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century” (2019), with an audience of ...