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Myanmar

Myanmar and the world’s next mass atrocity

Why the region must act now to help the Rohingya.

Photo by AP.

Chinese life in Myanmar today

How can Myanmar avoid a backlash against its Chinese population, asks Nicholas Farrelly

969 leader Ashin Wirathu. Photo: Al Jazeera.

The threat of Myanmar’s extremist monks

Ma Ba Tha could derail the country’s political transition, writes Oren Samet.

Business as usual in Naypyitaw

Shwe Mann 'coup' no cause for concern in the streets of Myanmar's capital.

As the sun rises

Nicholas Farrelly takes a close look at Myanmar in time and space.

Artists perform to raise funds for victims of Myanmar's floods. Photo supplied.

Solidarity and resilience emerge in Myanmar

Citizens rise to respond in the face of floods, report Justine Chambers & Gerard McCarthy.

Making knowledge count

Deciding research priorities should be high on the agenda for Myanmar’s new government

Students from the University of Yangon. Photo by Olivia Cable.

The ‘political science experiment’

Will Myanmar's people be key to a successful transition, asks Olivia Cable.

Watch the enemies from your own side

Some analysis of what the changes at the top of Myanmar's Union Solidarity and Development Party may mean.

Some kind of feeling

Matt Schissler looks at the links between Myanmar's floods, Facebook and Buddhist-Muslim violence.

The taming of the NLD… by the NLD

Is Aung San Suu Kyi a lame duck in wolf's clothing?

Myanmar and the politics of disaster

The coming election will be contested in the sodden ground left behind after the floodwaters recede.

Law and conflict in Myanmar

Anxiety about law reform is highlighting problems in the country’s political transition, writes Melissa Crouch.

Flooded Kalay in Sagaing Region at its worst. Photo by BBC Burmese.

Dealing with disaster in Myanmar

Can the country meet the threats of climate change and natural disaster?

Facebook and Myanmar’s two floods

Chit Win explains the confluence of social media and natural disaster.

The centre of the neighbourhood

Nicholas Farrelly argues that, for Myanmar, an appreciation of geography should come first.

Regional responses to Rohingya exclusion

ASEAN misses an opportunity to show leadership, suggests Nicholas Farrelly.

Visions of Myanmar, old and new

Stunning images capture change and continuity in the Southeast Asian nation.

People eat at Yangon's KFC. Photo by AFP.

Myanmar’s middle-class bulge

Asia's newest middle class will set the pace of political change in Myanmar, writes Nicholas Farrelly.

Gender and Myanmar’s Kachin conflict

Female soldiers fighting for independence, fighting for recognition.

Tourism and Myanmar’s missed opportunity

Foreign visitors are one way the country can quickly expand its economy.

A tale of two cities in Myanmar

Yangon and Naypyitaw show the leaps and limits of Myanmar's transformation.

The sunny side of ordinary life

Nicholas Farrelly examines the many stories of education, enrichment and contentment that have followed Myanmar's political changes

The irresistible rise of Colonel Sanders

Timothy Simonson bites into KFC, democracy and crony capitalism in Myanmar.