The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma (the rest of this paper will continue to refer to it as Myanmar unless using a direct quote), is a country nestled in Southeast Asia. It has had a relatively short independent life, formerly under British rule. Since its independence, Myanmar has spent much of its life under military rule. The leaders willingly cutting itself off from the Western world, it spent years at the receiving end of sanctions from the European Union and the United states for its various human rights violations. In 2007, the Saffron Revolution brought Myanmar into the spotlight. Thousands of monks took to the street to stand up against the tyrannical military government (McGeown, 2008). The harshness of the government and its actions against its people, lit up the world stage. In 2008, cyclone Nargis put the spotlight back on this country when over a seventy-five thousand people were killed ("Myanmar: Cyclone nargis," 2011). Aide coming into the country was met with resistance. When the military regime gave up control of the government almost seemingly overnight, President Thein Sein was democratically elected in 2010 and took office in 2011. This brought a change in Myanmar, becoming a more democratic peaceful nation and releasing many political prisoners including the famous Aung San Suu Kyi. Relations with western countries began and because of the perceived positive changes in the country, sanctions were lifted from the European Union and The United States. President Obama became the first president to visit the country ("Obama lauds aung," 2012) and President Thein Sein visited the United States. Despite all these positive changes, human rights violations still persist in the country on ... ... middle of paper ... ...in the rest of the world has grown rapidly as has the interest of the rest of the world in it. The foreign interactions of the country and the stability of the country hinge on the conflict that is occurring on its borders. If Myanmar wants to become a world actor, it needs to address these conflict and in a timely manner. It also needs to tread lightly because there are many humanitarian watch groups keeping a close eye, especially in the Rakhine region. President Thein Sein needs to address those the country has deemed stateless and needs to work with its neighbors on this issue. Foreign actors also need to tread lightly. One can speculate that Myanmar can shut its doors just as fast as they were opened up. The world will continue to keep an eye on Myanmar’s continuance of a democratic government and this will be especially prudent in the upcoming 2015 elections.
In the National League of Democracy she was elected as secretary general. (Aung San Suu Kyi- Facts) Using democracy and human rights as the core of her arguments Aung san Suu Kyi spoke out against U Ne Win. Not much time passed before the junta decided to set Suu Kyi under house arrest in 1989. In 1990 a parliamentary election was held and the NLD won 80% of the votes but the junta ignored this and 20 years later they formally annulled the results. (“Aung San Suu Kyi- Biography”
Eric went to Burma in 1922 and become a probationary Assistant Superintendent of Police. His experience in Burma, his guilt of oppressing the Burmese...
This bold sentence serves as an attention grabber as it challenges a common dogma once stated by John Dalberg, “ Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” By making this brief but, powerful statement, Aung Sang Suu Kyi surprises her audience by blaming them for the corruption of the government making her audience more keen to understand her point of view. Aung Sang Suu Kyi then directs her words towards her Burmese people as she alludes to specific words such as “ Chanda- gati”, “Dosa-gati”, “Bhaya-gati” and “ Chanda-gati” (Kyi, 1) to explain the corruption of her land in the words of her people. This builds ethos as she can connect to her people and clearly explain how “chanda-gati” or the corruption built by fear is the most dangerous form of corruption. She can then further explain how the only way to root out the corruption of the Burmese Army and gain freedom is to first eradicate the people's fear of the government and instill confidence in the basic human rights of the Burmese
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In The Quest of Democracy, Kyi argues that human rights is what democracy is and that democracy was always in Buddhist traditions. Once democracy became known in Burma, people got interested to know what democracy more in depth. It got people wanting to learn about modern politics and the nature of democracy. The idea of democracy was getting a good response due to a guarantee for privileges and freedom. However, it was also being questioned because how can they be sure that the system will always work. The burmese people became knowledgeable through Buddha. They had gone undergone through many
In 1988, she returned to back to her home city, Burma, to take care of her dying mother. The country, Myanmar was going through a rough time in politics. Students, office workers and monks started demanding for a democratic reform. In August 1988, Aung San Suu Kyi gave a speech that inspired others. This speech made her the leader of the revolt against the dictator, General Ne
Through this we see that the author’s point of view is someone who understands that the events that took place that morning in Burma, were not humane and degrading.
Myanmar who refers itself as “The Union of Myanmar” is a symbolic representation of not just the head of state of the country but the whole nation itself. The country is now divided into seven regions (Sagaing Region, Taninthayi Region, Bago Region, Magway Region, Mandalay Region, Yangon Region and Ayeyawady Region) that is inhabited by Burmans, seven states (Kachin State, Kayah State, Kayin State, Chin State, Mon State, Rakhine State and the Shat State) occupied by the ethnic minority dominant and the Union territories that is under the direct administration of the head of state. In line with this, struggles related with the preservation, recognition, and security of their identity, the proliferation of drug abuse and human trafficking have resulted
Happening on August 8, 1988, 8888 uprising, known as People Uprising,was a historical severe and bloody protest with approximate one million people in Burma, including a number of students, who were cracked down by military led by Ne Win, who ruled the country dictatorially. In response to the dictatorship, the protestors carried out the demonstration against the leadership of Ne Win aimed at claiming political rights and democracy, leaving 3,000 to 10,000 people dead. The following part will describe more detail about the main root causes of 8888 uprising.
...l turmoil, but it is without doubt that Thaksin’s continued influence and presence had planted the seeds which would unravel the fragile peace. Thaksin remains a polarising factor in Thai politics and his connections with PT and Yingluck had cast doubt if Yingluck is truly in control or if she is influenced, or simply a puppet as some critics would suggest, by Thaksin. Yingluck’s policies also does not appear to be well conceived given the cracks that have appeared in them, creating doubts that it was meant to serve the interests of the poor or merely to placate them insofar to sustain their support for Yingluck. Taking all factors into consideration, Yingluck can be said to not have contributed to Thai politics significantly, primarily due to Thaksin’s influence and her ill conceived policies, prescribing Thailand a medication that has already proven ineffective.
...defeating the Japanese, the British agreed in 1947 to grant the Burmese complete independence within a year. On January 4th of 1948, Burma would become an independent country.
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The relationship and cooperation in handling the issue in Southern Thailand between Malaysia and Thailand government since a long time ago, has become disappointed, frustration and unsatisfied. This is might be best description that has been looked up since the working relations between past Thai governments and their Malaysian counterparts was comes to Southern Thailand (Thanet, 2013). For the Thailand government, cooperation with the Malaysian authorities is really needed while in dealing with the separatist insurgents that often to the slip across the porous border from Thailand. Meanwhile, for the Malaysian side, through the sharing of same ethnicity and Islamic religion in the Southern Thai Muslims, was means that their politicians ought to have a key role to play in understanding and resolving insurgency issues in Southern Thailand. Therefore, it might can be seem in logically think that, without the help by the Malaysian government, the issues that regards to Muslim separatist moments in the Deep South would be difficul...
Though Burma became independent in 1948, a military junta took over in 1962. This military junta was initially a single-party socialist system. General Ne Win was the dictator at this time. He didn’t
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