But as the historian Thant Myint-U writes in his incisive new book, The Hidden History of Burma, the vacillating international perceptions of Myanmar—from pariah state to democratic success story and ...

We reviewed this book in 2016. Myanmar’s Rohingya Genocide: Identity, History and Hate Speech. By Ronan Lee. I.B. Taurus; 288 pages; £19.99 For all her heroic defiance of Myanmar’s generals ...

History suggests that resistance will not end ... to a lifelong relationship with the country and its people. A new book highlights the role that the country's rail network has played in the ...

The railways have “made” Myanmar largely through the violent ... spell of military rule in the context of the history that you recount in the book? Do you think the current conflict will ...

A new book written by Myanmar's army uses "fake" photographs to tell the history of the Rohingya people, it has been claimed. It attempts to the trace the history of the Rohingya in western ...

Myanmar’s second city of Mandalay and the adjacent cities of Sagaing and Inwa, dotted around the quake’s epicentre, are all ancient seats of power, steeped in history and now pockmarked with ...

When I first visited Myanmar in 1995, I was struck by how many questions went unanswered with what seemed an almost standard response: "You know, Myanmar is complicated. You wouldn't understand." ...

Myanmar's religious temples stood as symbols of faith and history. After the recent 7.7 magnitude earthquake, many are wondering: will they ever rise again or are they lost forever? This building ...

These seven books go some way towards explaining ... Rider; 496 pages; £14.99 Myanmar’s Rohingya Genocide: Identity, History and Hate Speech. By Ronan Lee. I.B. Taurus; 288 pages; £19.99 ...