Note: The population shown includes only those who identify as Burmese alone and no other race or Asian origin. All figures are rounded according to rules shown in the methodology. Burmese population ...

Golden Land Ablaze by Bertil Lintner offers a sharp, insightful account of Myanmar’s political unrest, ethnic conflict, and ...

THE PEOPLES OF BURMA Our country takes its name from that of the largest ethnic group in our Union—the Burmans—but to understand Burmese society today it is important to bear in mind that our ...

The Burmese government still considers ... 14 Martin Smith, Burma: Insurgency and the Politics of Ethnicity, (London and New Jersey: Zed Books), 1991, p. 241. 15 Tony Reid, "Repatriation of ...

“Not only do we want to be reflective of the community, but it helps if we have a Burmese officer… we might have someone who came up within a certain sect or their ethnic background fits into ...