Myanmar Is Entering A New Era

Assignment ONE: Consider Burma (named Myanmar by its military rulers). What political rights do you have that the average Burmese citizen does not?  Post your response.

The economic boom of 1977 to 1997 had a dramatic impact on Thailand’s northern villages. While the center of the country, Bangkok, was rapidly industrializing, the north fell behind. Due to a lack of income and resources, the north had to watch the

​Gill and John witnessed first hand a problem that had not only afflicted Thailand, but was prevalent in many Southeast Asian countries. Instead of retirement, they rolled up their sleeves and went to work on a problem, that many never wanted to face, let alone

When a nation’s overall financial stability is at stake things change. Economic sanctions can immensely debilitate a country’s economic market. It can affect trade, imports, exports, wage, and the cost of living. According to Gov.UK, when a government is sanctioned economically by other nations it becomes difficult for them to move assets and funds, which can be frozen by the United Nations Security Council if need so (“Sanctions,”2012.). A decrease in gross domestic product in Burma translates to a significantly lower salary of government officials, due to lack of trade imposed by embargoes. This mere fact can make it apparent to the country’s leaders that this continually odious regime is not in their best interest. These Embargoes will marginalize Burma’s economy sanctioning them from diversifying and widening their small market economy. Former president Woodrow Wilson sums it up best, “A nation that is boycotted is a nation that is in sight of surrender. Apply this economic, peaceful, silent, deadly remedy and there will be no need for force. It does not cost a life outside the nation boycotted, but it brings a pressure upon the nation which, in my judgment, no modern nation could resist”. Through actively harsh economic limitations, Burma will not be able to thrive, forever stagnant in its lowly economic state, excluded from advancement and trade with the rest of the

Thailand's Political Peasants book by Andrew Walker is a must-read for people who would like to dive into learning more about the political status in modern rural Thailand. In his book, Walker argues that in order to understand the governance of Thailand’s middle-income peasantry —including its fruitful electoral corroboration for Thaksin’s populist policies, the political passions that brought the red shirts to Bangkok, and the electoral thrive of Yingluck Shinawatra ---it is irresistible to address how savvy is exposed in a framework of rising income standards and a transformed relationship by the state. This book is written to question the underlying political, cultural, and economic processes that assist Thailand’s current contests over

It found later that Singapore always had the manpower and money, but needed the extra push of education and capital to make better use of said manpower. In 1994, Alwyn Young published a book called, “The Tyranny of Numbers”. This book focuses on the productivity growth and factor accumulation of newly industrialized countries in East Asia. In the end though, he undermines the future effect these countries will have on the upcoming globalized economy and politics.

Although some countries and the democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi have both made statement to people do not to visit Myanmar due to many reasons such as the culture & human rights protection, political fights and terrorist attack, the tourism became open to the world again. The National Democratic League has boycott the activity of “Visit Myanmar year 1996” because they thought tourism was only financially benefited the regime, but NLD made a new statement in 2011, 15 years later, replaced of revenging the government revenue by stopping tourism, they stated that tourism development affects Myanmar’s nature, local culture and local population of Myanmar. However, they also made acknowledge of responsible tourism can act as an important role in the country’s economy and

Freedom, democracy and human rights were the ideals that Burma is lacking under the reign of the military junta led by Ne Win and his Socialist Party for fifty years. The socialist ideals have only brought fear and poverty to the people of Burma and the protests against the military government were always brutally suppressed. Aung San Suu Kyi, daughter of the national hero, General Aung San who was assassinated by his rival after he fought for Burmese independence from England, was filled with the ideals that her father fought for and became a leader for the people to unite them and challenge the right to rule of the people in power. In Aung San Suu Kyi’s Freedom From Fear speech, she argued that the fear of losing power is the real

Thailand is an area that sits in the heartland of mainland Southeast Asia. The climate has a great diversity with mountains in the north, rivers and tributaries drain into the Gulf of Thailand. The country is divided into four main zones and the population is relatively homogenous. The background of the special economic zone is not another idea for Asia. There were a couple of past endeavors drove by developing Asian economies a couple of decades ago including Tiger East Asian Miracles and India in receiving and executing this idea as an open door for industries. In any case, it appears that China is depicted as a capable country with the right systems set up to build up and convey this idea effectively. As China is not the main nation to

In this section, I will be discussing, the four categories—political, economic, health/education, and religion—that Burma needs to fix in order to build a democracy. First, it started out with political reforms. The flawed one-party constitution need to be changed. Although it might be difficult and take a long time to draft a new constitution without some form of participation by the military, it is still possible for Burma to create a new constitution. The process of drafting a new constitution should be approached in stages, with a succession of governments serving under a succession of transitional constitutions until the final goal is reached. This new constitution should guarantee basic human rights, economic reforms, and free market

John Peter, a Marketing Manager of Hewlett-Packard Asia Pacific (HPAP) was evaluating HPAP’s long-term strategic investment options for doing business in Vietnam. Before start up business in Vietnam, John needs to know the current business environment in Vietnam. History, Economic and Politic Environment are important to know about the country whether is stable from others control. Current workforce is important to find the skillful employee when it’s start up the factory in Vietnam. Foreign exchange and investment regulations are also important to know whether Vietnam market was open to global market or not. Hence, facility in Vietnam such as financial services, communicate services,

There are several reasons why Myanmar should be a good place in consideration for new investment opportunity. The country has vast and virtually untapped natural resources. To this day, Myanmar remains one of the most mysterious and undiscovered destinations in the world. The country seems appealing to many tourists around the world due to its unseen attractions with regard to cultures, history, and natural beauty.

And Thai government should improve standard legal and institutional framework, enhancement of good governance and transparency, capacity building, ensuring fair competition, balanced liberalization and sustainable development, full participation of the host economy

Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy seek to solve this problem through the ousting of the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC). She chooses to do this not through an insurgency-lead coup d’etat or mass uprising, but rather through political maneuvership that promotes democratization (i.e. meaningful citizen representation in parliament), constitutional reforms, and

Myanmar has yet to develop any form of rule of law. Political Parties have no roots in society. Except for the democratic opposition party, the NLD, there are only a few ethnic parties as well as the National Unity Party (NUP). Political parties have no place to influence policies, no interest articulation and no representation. Since 1990 until the end of 2010, there is no election at the national level has been held. With no elections having been held for nearly 20 years, the institutions of the military regime have the power to effectively govern and control virtually all aspects of society in Myanmar. All the matter above are political challenges that faced by Myanmar. Continue of the authoritarian regime will make the violation of human rights especially child right cannot be solve. The politic challenge need to be address and take into the account in order to solve the problem of violation from continue happen,