This Situation Update describes events and issues occurring in Hlaingbwe Township, Hpa-an District during the period between April and May 2015, including a development project in which the Burma/Myanmar government built a new town on villagers’ lands, as well as healthcare and education updates…

In
2012,
amidst
the
communal
violence
between
Royingha
and
Rakhine,
a
Chin
bride
father
at
Paletwa
in
southern
part
of
Chin
state
in
Myanmar…

Since late 2011, I have made contacted
with Karen refugee communities in two geographic locations –one on the Thai-Burma border and one in Melbourne, Australia, which has provided me
opportunities to observe and participate in a number of activities
organized by those
…

Customary communal tenure is characteristic of many local shifting cultivation upland communities in S.E. Asia. These communities have strong ancestral relationships to their land, which has never been held under individual rights, but considered common property of the village. Communal tenure…

Introduction: "Rural
community
is
one
of
the
strengths
in
country
building.
In
a
nation-­‐state
administrative
policy
changes
are
followed
by
economic
policy…

Trafficking and Militarized Femininity on the Burma-China Border
Kachin State is an ethnic region in northern Burma that has long been in conflict with the central Burmese government.1 In 2011, a seventeen-year cease-fire was broken, resulting in the resumption of active warfare between…

Abstract: "Considering
health
in
the
broad
term
as
well–being
this
study
examines
changes
to
villagers’
lives
with
the
effect
of
privatization
and
…

Abstract: "This
paper
draws
on
case
studies
of
Burmese
migrants
in
the
city
of
Chiang
Mai,
Thailand,
to
explore
concepts
and
theories
of
…

Abstract: "Migration
for
employment
has
been
a
global
challenge
in
today’s
world
along
with
the
rising
figure
of
world
migration
population.
For
…

Abstract: "This report is about urbanism and historical heritage preservation in Yangon, Myanmar. When we
look at urbanism, we are as well to view from the perspectives of urban development along with
urban planning. The buildings are merely the physical infrastructures for the…

Abstract: The
cultural
heritage
buildings
give
a
sense
of
past
and
of
cultural
identity.
Those
buildings
encompassed
the
historical
evidence,
artifacts
and…

Abstract: "This
article
aims
to
explain
the
relations
of
Mon
diaspora
at
Baan
Wang
Ka,
Kanchanaburi
Province,
Thailand
with
their
homeland.
It
…