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General background

The World Factbook

The site details the introduction, geography, people and society, environment, government, economy, energy, communication, transportation, military and security, and transnational issues.

Embassy of the Republic of Union of Myanmar, Phnom Penh

The site provides details on facts about Myanmar and its foreign policy.

Embassy of Cambodia in Yangon, Myanmar

The page provides information on Cambodia-Myanmar bilateral relation, activities, and initiatives.

State Institutions

Myanmar National Portal

The site details all government organizations and specific departments with websites.

The Supreme Court of the Union

The site provides the information on judiciary, legal system, judgement, cause list, media and services.

Constitutional Tribunal of the Union of Myanmar

The site provides the information on submission, decision, constitution, publication and activities.

Ministry of Defense

The site updates on activities, news, three capabilities, three forever’s and three main duties of Tatmadaw.

Ministry of Home Affairs

The Ministry of Home Affairs administers Myanmar's internal affairs. The headquarter of the ministry is located in Naypyidaw. 

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The site disseminates information on foreign relations and news, media center, International Organization and initiatives, and consular information.

Ministry of Planning and Finance

The site details the information about the committee, news and announcements, tender, and publication.

Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation

The site details the information about the departments, laws and regulations, and open tendering.

Ministry of Cooperatives and Rural Development

The site focuses on the updates of initiatives and activities of the ministry.

Ministry of Transport and Communications

The site is connected to the minister's office.

Ministry of Industry

This website details the information about services, events, and functionality of the ministry.

Ministry of Commerce

The site stores important documents on legal procedures, research on trade, trading statistics, international organizations, and the trading sector.

History, Culture, Religion, and Language

Cultural Atlas

The website highlights the core concepts of Myanmar culture with attached references.

Political System, Economic Trends, and Social Affairs

Politics

OpenDevelopment Myanmar

This website is the information repository for the political system in Myanmar with further references.

BTI Transformation Index

The site provides the access to Myanmar Country Report 2022 with an interactive dashboard that covers: (1) status index, (2) political transformation, (3) economic transformation, and (4) governance index.

Council on Foreign Relations

The source provides brief analysis on Myanmar’s history on coup, military rules and ethnic conflict.

Economy

World Bank Myanmar Monitoring Platform

The site updates on economic conditions of Myanmar in different sections including: (1) Myanmar economic monitor, (2) firm surveys, (3) household surveys, (4) communities & basic services, (5) trade & investment, (6) energy, (7) transport, (8) digital, (9) education, (10) food security & agriculture, (11) economic research & analysis, and (12) latest publication.

Asian Development Bank

The site provides the economic indicators for Myanmar. The economic updates have interactive data presentation (tableau) which are divided into components such as: (1) GDP growth, (2) inflation, (3) GDP per capita, and (4) current account balance. Comparative economic forecasts are also available for ASEAN states. The website lists relevant further data sources such as: (1) Asian Development Bank and Myanmar: Fact Sheet, (2) Asian Development Outlook, (3) key indicators, and (4) basic statistics.

Press

Feedspot

The website compiles the top 30 Myanmar News Websites.

The Irrawaddy

The Irrawaddy provides informative, analytical, and in-depth reporting on Myanmar, its neighbors, and Southeast Asia.

Global New Light Of Myanmar

Global New Light of Myanmar is Myanmar's oldest English daily news, which covers Myanmar's daily news on politics, business, crimes, etc., happening in Myanmar.

Popular Journal

Founded on June 30th of 1997, Popular Journal is a weekly journal that features the entertainment culture of Myanmar. Its editorial content covers celebrity news, interviews, and thought-provoking articles written by many of the leading writers of the country.

Myanmar Business Today

Myanmar Business Today (MBT) is Myanmar's largest circulating business publication. It is Myanmar's first and the only bilingual (English-Myanmar) business newspaper and is distributed in Myanmar and Thailand.

Frontier Myanmar

Frontier is an unbiased voice in transitional Myanmar that offers in-depth coverage of news, business, and current affairs.

Research Institutions

Myanmar Institute for Peace and Security

The website is a non-governmental, non-partisan “think-and-do-tank” working on peace and security assessments in Myanmar.

Enlightened Myanmar Research Foundation (EMReF)

The site is an independent non-profit research institution working for development of evidence-based policy making and revitalization of independent research culture in Myanmar.

Department of Research and Innovation, Ministry of Science and Technology

The site conducts research and innovation on renewable energy sector, electronic technology, chemical technology, food technology, polymer and composite technology, and information and communication technology to contribute to socio-economic development of the nation.

MYANMAR RESEARCH CENTRE, ANU College of Asia & the Pacific

The Myanmar Research Centre serves as an academic hub for Myanmar-related activities at The Australian National University. This includes research partnerships with a number of institutions, including the University of Yangon. ANU has played a central role in regional debate about political, social and economic change and reform in Myanmar/Burma.

Myanmar Development Institute

The Myanmar Development Institute (MDI) is the buzzing hub of economic research in the heart of Myanmar, known as Naypyitaw. The objectives are to support the process of economic reform and to consolidate democratic governance in Myanmar.

Contact Info

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Email: info.cseas@rupp.edu.kh
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