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The proliferation of specialist Southeast Asia websites continues unabated.  An interesting new offering, from young Burmese-American student, Aung Htin Kyaw, has recently come to my attention. 
He is just getting started but if the most recent post titled “Socialism and Modernization” is any indication then his unusual mix of personal experiences and family history will make the site worth a [...]

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Burma’s savviest “ceasefire groups” have, as New Mandala readers will probably know, carved out chunks of Burmese territory that they co-administer alongside the central government.  These areas, called “Special Regions”, exist in small border sections of the Shan and Kachin States.  Probably the most famous of these regions is Special Region 2 in far northern Shan State – it is [...]

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