The uns independent international factfinding mission on myanmar whose mission included kachin, rakhine, and shan statesreleased preliminary findings in august 2018 and its full report in september, con cluding that burma s top. Shan state north shan state east nawnghkio bago kayah kayin shan state south mandalay nay pyi taw hsihseng township langkho township kalaw township mongkaing township monghsu. Statement of customary land tenure workshop taunggyi, shan state, myanmar 2627 august 2016 civil society representatives from southern, northern and eastern shan state came together for two days in taunggyi to discuss how best to protect customary land tenure systems and. Trafficked drugs, humans, wildlife, gems, timber, and other contraband flow through burma, supporting the illicit demands of the region and beyond. Building a democratic and peaceful shan state despite a high turnout for the 2015 general election, political participation and involvement with public. It is a regional centre dedicated to the study of sociopolitical, security. June 2014 may 2015 international telecommunications companies telenor and ooredoo began providing mobile service in 2014, increasing the publics access to affordable sim cards outside the stateissued ration see. Upper yeywa dam on the namtu river, shan state, myanmar.
When i speak of maesai, i can include tachilek, burma the twin town of maesai. The union information is presented in census volume. One of the best known leaders of the opposition to myanmars military government, aung san suu kyi born 1945, came to power herself as state counsellor, after her political party, the national. Evidence of crimes against humanity in burmas chin state. See also equal times, citizenship for a few and rights for none, available from.
The social and humanitarian consequences have been immense. Burma have led to new refugee outflows into bangladesh. Lower burma, whose capital was rangoon with four divisions arakan, irrawaddy, pegu, tenasserim, and upper burma, whose capital was mandalay with six divisions meiktila, minbu, sagaing, north federated shan states and south federated shan states. In march 2011 the burmese military regime dissolved the ruling junta, the state peace and development. Archipelago coco islands myanmar 94 96 98 100 102 24 26 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 18 16 14 12 10. Taunggyi is a district located in the southern shan state of myanmar fig. In 1990, the state law and order restoration council slorc held multiparty elections but refused to seat the parliament when the democratic opposition won an overwhelming majority of seats. Based on satellite imagery recorded on morning of 25 october 2012 active fires detected within 1km2 area at. Myanmar township name post code chinshwehaw chinshwehaw 06482 homain homain 06202 hopan hopan 06391 hopan nanttit 06392 hopan panlone 06393 hopone hopone 06091 hopone kyaukkacha 06092 hopone kya. Pdf traditional knowledge of wild edible plants with. Burmas northern shan state and prospects for peace united. Burma is one of the worlds poorest countries, with population.
We report herein a new palaeomagnetic study on the middle permian and middle triassic limestones from shan state of eastern myanmar, aiming to resolve the spatial location of the sibumasu terrane during the collision of tectonic blocks in southeast asia and to constrain the timing of convergence between the sibumasu terrane and indochina terrane. The shan state was the base of the communist party of burma cpb. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. Freedom on the net 20 burma mainstream news websitesbetween them and the majority buddhist groups in western arakan state. Unicef and partners are providing mental health and psychosocial support to nearly,000 people in rakhine state, the majority of whom. The 2014 myanmar population and housing census shan state, taunggyi district kalaw township report department of population ministry of labour, immigration and population office no.
The internal conflict in myanmar is a series of primarily ethnic conflicts within myanmar that began shortly after the country, then known as burma, became independent from the united kingdom in 1948. Burma s northern shan state and prospects for peace page 2 pb 234 september 2017 looming over the entire area is the united wa state party, burma s largest nonstate armed group, which boasts more than twentyfive thousand heavily armed troops and a selfadministered zone abutting the china border. These groups soon expanded their operations into northern shan state alongside kachin allies, where fighting raged well into 20. Between 1954 and 1956 the country hosted the sixth great buddhist council, and it has also been the source from which several of the foremost systems of. The shan language has a number of names in different tai languages and burmese in shan, the language is commonly called kwam tai, shan pronunciation. Myanmar figure analysis displacement related to conflict and violence context about 42,000 people were newly displaced in myanmar in 2018, a decrease from about 57,000 new displacements reported in 2017.
You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in. Actively supporting and cooperating with the uns independent. Martin jelsma, tom kramer, and pietje vervest chiang mai, myanmar. This means opium poppy continues to be an integral part of the state s economy. Peopletourists come to me and the border for different reasons. Social services, politics, and conflict in myanmar. Burma and transnational crime summary transnational organized crime groups in burma myanmar operate a multibillion dollar criminal industry that stretches across southeast asia. It is a unique border town with everything to offer. Gazetteer of upper burma and the shan states internet archive. Burma humanitarian crisis starting in august 2017, when the military launched a largescale ethnic cleansing campaign against the rohingya muslim population in rakhine state. Looming over the entire area is the united wa state party, burmas largest nonstate armed group, which boasts more than twentyfive thousand heavily armed troops and a selfadministered zone abutting the china border. Myanmar, u tin oo kyaing, director of the department of agriculture, shan state gave a presentation on agricultural investment in shan state, and u sai phyo lwin oo, the specialist of agriculture and member of southern shan state chamber of commerce and industry ssscci gave a presentation on a business perspective on investing in. There are undoubtedly many more products that myanmar will be able to export to the us under gsp in. This file is licensed under the creative commons attributionshare alike 2.
Burma 3 country reports on human rights practices for 2014 united states department of state bureau of democracy, human rights and labor scene or conduct a credible, independent investigation, a definitive account of the. Free burma rangers fbr november, 2018 shan state, burma the restoration council of shan state shan state armysouth rcssssas has defended itself against. The names shown and the boundaries used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the iasc membership. Pdf the geology and skarn cubiau mineralization at. We have to use manual labour even for building a football field.
The school for shan state nationalities youth sssny was formed by a group of youth from burma s shan state in may 2001, to provide a social justice education program for youth to become active citizens participating in social. Burmas longest war anatomy of the karen conflict the number of karen people in burma or myanmar, as the country is officially called is unknown, with estimates varying between three and seven million, speaking a dozen related, but mutually nonintelligible, dialects. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong. Buddhism and state power in myanmar crisis group asia report n290, 5 september 2017 page 2 sumptions commonlyheld domestically and internationally about buddhist nationalism in the country. Continuing to impose targeted sanctions on members of burma s military, security forces, and non state actors for severe human rights and religious freedom violations. This file is licensed under the creative commons attributionshare alike 3. The institute of southeast asian studies iseas was established as an autonomous organization in 1968.
Shan state, burma definition of shan state, burma by the. Exploring the agricultural value chains in southern shan state. The major opium and heroinproducing area in myanmar is located in the shan state mccoy 1972. Shan state map, eastern myanmar, burma, roads, rivers, towns. Unhcr documents reveal that its staff examined the injury and advised the magistrate not to punish.
Chin state is the only state in country where there is no plain area. Shan state c h in a vi et na m a t ep b an gl adesh a nd am s ea cambodia m o u t h s of the i r r a w a d d y i r r a w a d d y i r r a w a d d y c h i n d w i n. Shan state borders china yunnan to the north, laos to the. The upper yeywa dam in nawngkhio township is one of four planned hydropower dams, located on the namtu river. Sittaung river basin, which is also entirely located in myanmar to the east of the downstream part of the ayeyarwady, drains 5. The report describes the rationales members have for their participation in mabatha and its activities. State, kachin state, northern shan state, and other areas, and to hold perpetrators accountable by. About one in nine households in shan state were directly involved in opium poppy cultivation in 2018, a similar situation to 2016. Shan state is the biggest of myanmar s administrative units. The geology and skarn cubiau mineralization at shwe min bon area, kalaw township, southern shan state, myanmar article pdf available in resource geology august 2018 with 877 reads. It is largest of the 14 administrative divisions in myanmar, covering 155, 458 km 2, almost a quarter of the total country area. Myanmar relies on agriculture as the backbone of its economy and the sector brings around onethird of countrys gross domestic product gdp annually. Shan state factsheet located in eastern myanmar, shan state is the largest of all states and regions in the country occupying about a quarter of myanmar s total land area. Burma because the banks are afraid to take the risk.
The idea for the shan state study tour came from brainstorming discussions at the value chains cop in 2017. Shan state south myanmar myanmar information management unit legend state region capital main town other town airports road. Wartime abuses and forced displacement in burmas kachin state. Nov 12, 2015 this official state visit marked a new period in the long and sinuous diplomatic relationship between the united states and burma myanmar, which kenton clymer examines in a delicate relationship. Findings are based on keyinformant interviews over a span of one year, complimented by field research in eight cp maizeproducing villages four each in the north and south of shan state. However the uwsa is claiming a larger area to be carved out as an autonomous wa state instead of the present region which is its ultimate goal see map attached as pdf file. The wa is one of the 5 officially recognised ethnic groups of myanmar. Hopang, hseni, hsipaw, mongkaung, namhsan, namtu, and nanhkan townships in shan state due to civil unrest. In 1900, burma was a province of british india, and was divided into two subdivisions. A december 26 press release from state counselor aung san suu kyis office described allegations of rape by security forces as rumors, fabricated stories, and onesided accusations. Ethnic conflict and social services in myanmars contested regions. Previously known as burma, in 1989 the country was renamed myanmar by its military dictatorship, though many people still call the country burma. Shadaw township in kayah state due to civil unrest.
Looming over the entire area is the united wa state party, burma s largest nonstate armed group, which boasts more than twentyfive thousand heavily armed troops and a selfadministered zone abutting the china border. For me, maesai is not like the rest of thailand or like burma. The 2014 myanmar population and housing census shan state, taunggyi district pindaya township report department of population ministry of labour, immigration and population office no. Myanmar companies list for business matching with foreign. In recent years myanmar has attained special eminence in the buddhist world.
Renard 1996, which is occupied by various ethnic armed groups m. Crisis in shan state myanmar even as burma has transitionedbeginning in late 2010from decades of civil war and military rule to greater democracy, longstanding and widespread armed. Five out of six selfadministered special regions in the country are in the state. A palaeomagnetic study of the middle permian and middle. The 60km long reservoir will entirely submerge the shan village ta long, which is a prosperous village located along the river banks, where generations of farmers have relied on the fertile soils of the river banks without any needs for fertilizers. You can switch to satellite image or terrain map, zoom in and out. The result is one of the findings from unodcs expanded data. For convenience, this territory is divided into three areas shan east, shan north and shan south.
From the challenges of decolonization and heightened nationalist activities that emerged in the wake of world war ii to the cold war concern with. Myanmar information management unit district map shan. Burmas northern shan state and prospects for peace. It is situated on the shweli river nam mao, and is connected by a bridge and road to ruili shweli. Myanmar burma qfiles the online library of knowledge. Permission is granted to copy, distribute andor modify this document under the terms of the gnu free documentation license, version 1. Examining forest cover change and deforestation drivers in.
Shan state in the east of myanmar shares international borders with china, laos and thailand, and state borders with kachin, sagaing, mandalay, naypyitaw union territory, kayin and mon. Other town road t ow nship b u dary s t aer gi o nb u d ry international boundary. The united the united nations and most states accepted that change, but the burmese opposition did not. Current realities and future possibilities in burmamyanmar. Direct military rule has become rare in world politics.
The shan state of burma and north thailand june 1999. History and production the theingon mine area has long been a source ofsilverbearingore in burma. The initial analysis indicates that generally the 2014 mphc data are complete and accurate. The 2010 effort was more farreaching and carefully mapped than previous attempts. The majority of karen people are buddhists, with perhaps 20%. Roads, rivers, towns, lakes, towns in shan state of myanmar. Developing sustainable soil fertility in southern shan. The following areas of burma are subject to civil unrest and armed conflict due to fighting between the burmese military and various ethnic armed groups and militia forces. All places in our state are 3,000 feet above sea level.
This change can be attributed mainly to the greater stability in rakhine, where more than 35,000 people were displaced in 2017. The conflict is the worlds longest ongoing civil war. Opium poppy cultivation and sustainable development in. Secret trials 8 the resistance of the monks nearly all share the conviction that a time will soon come when burmese monks again will be called on to serve as a public voice of conscience. Shan state borders china to the north, laos louang namtha and bokeo provinces to the east, and thailand chiang rai, chiang mai and mae hong son provinces to the south, and five administrative divisions of burma in the west.
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