Myanmar: A Nation in Crisis The nation of Myanmar, also known as Burma, is currently under the rule of a ruthless totalitarian regime, guilty of numerous human rights violations and target of intense international criticism. Located in Southeast Asia, on the western border of Thailand and Laos, it has been under military rule since World War II. Burma is mired in socioeconomic crisis stemming from the rule of the military junta, and the citizens are suffering. The environment of Burma is being
deforestation statistics that confirm these trends. According to their website, 16.5% of the Brazilian Amazon forests have been destroyed. They also note similar magnitudes of deforestation in Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam), despite the significantly smaller total area of forest within these countries. These grim figures are somewhat tempered by the NASA finding that, over the past ten years, the deforestation rate has declined from 6,200 square
the Sunderbans, the hills of the Indian Peninsula, or the forests of Rajasthan and Northern India. At one time Bengal tigers were scattered throughout Asia. Now they are generally found in India and some regions of Bangledesh, Bhutan, Nepal, and Myanmar. There is approximately 4,000 alive in the wild now, and about 300 are in captivity in zoos around the world. Bengal tiger’s are one of the largest and most feared cats in the cat family. An adult tiger can weigh any where from 350 to 550 pounds
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
"smallpox, whooping cough, tetanus, polio, and diphtheria" (Holland 61). "A sweatshop factory brings visions of dangerous, filthy, and cramped conditions"(Wolcott). Many of these sweatshops do not pay their workers the right amount. "In Bangladesh and Myanmar, they pay ten to eighteen cents; in China, Pakistan, Vietnam, India, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia they pay twenty to sixty-eight cents per hour" (Mandle 93). Why do owners pay their workers so little? The wages they give these workers should be different
A. Government 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
Myanmar (Burma) Juan Estrada 1-16-14 Introduction Myanmar is a country in eastern Asia that has a much to tell about. Myanmar is sadly a poor country, but has very interesting things people would want to know about. They have an interesting culture, history, and government. Let’s take a look at what Myanmar has to offer. Economics There are many things Myanmar makes money from. Since Myanmar is a flat land country they make the most money by farming. They make money by selling Rubber, sugar cane
life of a Myanmar refugee, from their home to an unknown destination, makes the exodus a crisis rather than an emigration problem. The seemingly never ending cycle of displacement, travel, unintended end point, and deportation back to the home of origin has the people locked into the status of refugee (Parnini, 73). Each milestone of transit incurs new horrors that force hard choices to be made to move towards the next threat. This paper examines the hazards and dehumanization that Myanmar refugees
In southeastern Asia, there is a country called Myanmar, or Burma. The country have enough natural resources and educated public to make one good economy. After the national democratic election happened in April 2012, pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi 's party formed a new administration, Myanmar has embarked on an ambitious program of sweeping reforms to integrate its economy with the global system, as well as solving internal economic problems, there should be no doubt that this administration
Super Biased Research Paper In the past two years, a genocide has been going on in Myanmar that little people around the world know about. The victims that have been affected by this mass murder are the Rohingya Muslims, who originated from the subcontinent of India and are a minority group that makes up 5% of the country’s population. Today, the physical and emotional abuse endured by the Rohingya Muslims prevails a prominent issue in the Middle East. Over in Burma, many of the Muslims are murdered
Myanmar, also referred to as Burma, is located in Southeast Asia encompassing a land mass comparable to the size of Texas, with an area of 676,578 square kilometers (“Burma”). The country borders two of the world’s superpowers, India and China, as well as a widespread border with Thailand. Laos and Bangladesh also share relatively small borders with Myanmar. The country’s location can be seen as highly strategic. The placement of Myanmar lies near major Indian Ocean shipping lanes, making trade an
Myanmar represents an important biodiversity reservoir with a great variety of different habitat types arising from its ecological diversity in Asia and Pacific Region. Diverse ecosystems with lots of genetic diversities can be found in Myanmar’s forests because of the tropical monsoon circulating system and its varied topography throughout the country. According to forest resource assessment (2015), about 42.92 percent of the total land area is still covered with forest. Forest resources are the
are hazardous for both mother and newborn, inadequate postpartum care was widespread all over the world (WHO, 2010). In Myanmar, approximately 1.3 million women give birth each year. Maternal mortality ratio (MMR) per 1000 live births in the country is 3.16 in 2004-2005, 1.4 in urban and 3.63 in rural areas (Ministry of Health, 2009a, Ministry of Health and UNICEF, 2006). Myanmar is one of the four countries with high MMR in UNFPA South and South-East Asia region (Ministry of Health, 2009b). According
For almost 50 years, from 1962 until 2011, Myanmar had a closed authoritarian regime with poor records of governance and socio-economic development (OECD, 2014). Myanmar 's history was also marred by ethnic conflicts, self-isolation, economic mismanagement and corruption for most of the past half-century. Then in 2011, Myanmar had declared the end of the military dictatorship as part of the Road Map to democracy and transformed itself into a civilian government embracing the democratic transitions
I originally came from South East Asian country called ‘Myanmar’. Myanmar is basically made up of eight different ethnic groups. The word ‘Myanmar’ represents all the ethnic groups living in the country. Each group has their own state, flag, culture, tradition, gesture, language, heritage, and morality. The ethnic groups are called Kachin, Kayah, Karen, Chin, Bamar, Mon, Rakhine, and Shan. There is also Chinese and Indian folks living in the country. Bamar has the authority over the other groups
The Muslims and the Buddhists of Myanmar supposedly have a history of conflict. Since its independence in 1948, Myanmar has experiences waves of ethnic conflict (Kipgen 2013, p. 298). Such conflict has created a lengthy history of anti-Muslim sentiments among the Buddhist population in Myanmar (Cheesman and Farrelly 2016, p. 14). These sentiments have led to long-term communal tensions between the Rohingya Muslims and the Rohingya and Rakhine Buddhists (Kipgen 2013, p. 298). This perceived history
‘Apartheid’ issues. Fortunately, this issue have been solved peacefully. However, these racial conflict still happened years after around the world and some of them are still cannot be solved yet. One of the issues is regarding the Rohingya ethnic in Myanmar. Before we proceed about the reasons or causes that brought to this ethnic issue and how the human security respond to this issue, let we introduce who is Rohingya first. According to (Chan, 2005), “The people who call themselves Rohingyas are the
is to discuss the crisis in Myanmar, one of the ASEAN Member States. The situation in Myanmar has worsened after the election on 7 November 2010. It has claimed lots of lives and also has caused injuries to many people of Myanmar. This also has caused political instability in Myanmar. International media claimed that lack of coordination of the United Nations has caused this situation to happen. At this moment, ASEAN as a regional grouping which include Myanmar is being seen as the most suitable
became high, his friend designed the logo and slogan and trademarked as beverage of “Coca Cola”. This is still used today by Coca Cola family. Coca Cola Enters Myanmar
Current Status Report In Myanmar, originally know as Burma, the current overall HDI (Human Development Index) for this year is .483 (UNDP 2011). Out of the three factors of human development, Health stands as the highest factor in Myanmar, the lowest of the three being Income. For the past 30 years, Myanmar's HDI trend has been steadily rising between 1980 and 2010. Despite the slight drop in 1990, placing the country below the line of Low Human Development, the trend picks back up five years later