The three-person United Nations commission was created in 2021 and has been sharply criticized by Israel.― Reuters pic GENEVA, July…
The Puppet Master: A Burmese Folk Tale with a Modern Message
By Maha Bandula a pseudonym of Dr Ko Ko Gyi in Burma Digest | Adapted and Edited for MMNN Once…
Metamorphosis of Saviors into Monsters: A Myanmar Folk Tale with a Modern Reflection
By SHWE BA (Dr Ko Ko Gyi’s Pseudonym) Once upon a time in a remote corner of Burma, there was…
Strategic Advice to the Free World: Why Myanmar Matters and What Can Still Be Done
By the MMNN Geopolitical & Transitional Affairs Unit (GTAU) Issued by the Geopolitical & Transitional Affairs Unit (GTAU) under MMNN’s…
Highways and Rat Lanes: Migration Routes Through Burma
“Where there’s a will, there’s a way.” The movement of people across frontiers is as old as humanity itself. Before…
The Origins of the Peoples of Myanmar: A Tapestry Woven from Four Great Currents
Credit NASA Landsat image – https://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/82000/82581/himalaya_map_color_lrg.jpg Burma: The Living Corridor Between Giants Nestled between two of the world’s oldest and most populous…
The Forgotten Lineage of the Talines — From Seafarers to Founders of Melaka
By Dr. Ko Ko Gyi Abdul Rahman Zafrudin with the MMNN Editorial team History, as we know, is often written…
The Pyu City-States: Myanmar’s First Millennium Civilization
The Pyu city-states were among the earliest known urban cultures in Southeast Asia, flourishing in present-day Upper Myanmar from around…
Mon Civilizations, Indianized Exchange, and the Early Buddhist Foundations of Myanmar
Before the rise of Bagan or the unification of Burma under the Konbaung dynasty, Lower Myanmar was already home to…
Indian Influence on Ancient Myanmar: Pyu, Rakhine, and Mon Civilizations
By MMNN Editorial Team Long before modern national borders existed, the lands we now call Myanmar were closely linked with…