Read Myanmar's Long Road to National Reconciliation Online
Authors: Trevor Wilson
Kachin ethnic groups,
xxvii
,
43
,
45
and development of civil society,
164–65
Kachin Independence Organization (KIO),
4
,
53
,
64
and National Convention,
46
and Shalom Foundation,
162
and training programmes,
58
Kambawza Bank,
93 n. 12
Karen Development Committee,
59
Karen ethnic groups, conflict with Mon,
42
political rebellion,
42–43
Karen National Defence Organizations,
234
Karen National Union (KNU),
xxiii
,
7
,
8
,
35
,
50
boycott of elections for 1947 Constituent Assembly,
43
factions in,
8
and National Convention,
63
and U Nu,
44
;
Karen State, creation of,
43
,
50
,
57
Karenni National Progressive Party,
53
Kayan (ethnic group),
43
Keck, M.,
243
Keohane, R.,
249
Khin Nyunt, General,
xix
,
7
,
15
,
17
,
19
,
166
and Aung San Suu Kyi,
31
and Ne Win,
14
and NLD,
31
and Razali Ismail,
31
and Than Shwe,
32
cancellation of visits to Cambodia and Laos,
32
KIO,
see
Kachin Independence Organization
kitchen crops,
98
KNU,
see
Karen National Union
Kofi Annan,
xxxiii n. 3
,
46
Kokang region,
59
,
66
,
165
and CPB,
44
Kudo, T.,
99
Kuomintang,
43
Kyaw Win,
28 n. 32
Kyaw Yin Hlaing,
156
Laiza,
58
Land Care movement, in Australia,
119
Land Nationalization Act
of 1945,
88
Land Use Division (LUD),
101
,
102
,
112
as collateral,
88
degradation of,
118–19
Landes, D.,
92
landless rural households,
132
land-mines,
60
Laos, international aid to,
55
,
134
,
264
and refugees,
240
cancellation of visit by Khin Nyunt,
32
Lashio,
32
Least Developed Countries Report (UNCTAD),
264
,
265
least developed country status for Burma/Myanmar,
22
,
44
,
106
,
265
Lederach, J.P.,
224
Lee Kuan Yew,
272
lentils, production of,
128
liberalization, political,
281
,
288
Life Expectancy Index (LEI),
106
Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department,
142
,
143
,
144
local militia, recognition of insurgent groups as,
45
loyalty, personal basis for,
167
LUD,
see
Land Use Division
Luxembourg,
106
Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public
macroeconomic problems,
85
Madeline Albright,
26 n. 18
maize,
102
Malaysia, Foot and Mouth Disease Programme,
134
foreign direct investment,
109
Mandalay Agricultural College,
112
Mandalay University,
109
Mandela, Nelson,
222
Manor, J.,
191
Maran Brang Seng,
51
Marie Stopes International,
206
marketing strategies, for farmers,
118
marketing system,
129
martial law, declaration of,
236
Massachusetts, and “Burma Law”,
245
Maung Aye, Deputy Senior General,
xix
,
15
,
36
and ethnic groups,
35
move against MI,
32
Maung Maung, Doctor,
13
,
267
,
268
,
269
Maung Oo, Major General,
27 n. 29
Maykha
list server,
252
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF),
199
media, coverage of Myanmar,
xxiv
in colonial period,
155
methamphetamines,
53
Metta Development Foundation,
55
,
59
,
163
,
215
,
224
,
225
MI,
see
Military Intelligence
micro-credit,
114
military command system, and hierarchy,
167
Military Intelligence,
8
,
14
,
15
,
17
,
32
,
167
allegations of corruption,
15–16
and North Korean bomb attack,
16
military regime,
36
,
279
,
282
,
285
,
287
closure of higher education institutions,
251
control of media,
242
economic mismanagement,
280
Free Burma campaigns,
247
policies of,
277
.
See also
State Law and Order Restoration Council, State Peace and Development Council
Mindon (King Mindon),
3
Minister for Progress of Border Areas and National Races and Development Affairs,
114–15
Ministry for the Progress of Border Areas and National Races,
55
Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (MOAI),
100
,
108
,
111
,
114
,
120
,
123
,
129
,
137
Ministry of Border Areas and National Races and Development Affairs,
114
Ministry of Cooperatives,
114
Ministry of Finance and Revenue,
85
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
164
Ministry of Forestry,
114
Ministry of Health,
200
Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries,
114
,
129
MOAI,
see
Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation
Model Mechanized Farming Village Project,
114
“modern diplomacy”,
184
modernization, economic,
19
Mon ethnic groups, conflict with Karen,
42
insurgency,
42–43
and National Convention,
45
peace talks with,
44
Mon State, creation of,
43
Mon Women’s Organization,
58
Monash University,
xxx
monetization,
87
Money Lenders Act, 1947,
95 n. 27
monetary system,
90
MSF,
see
Médecins Sans Frontières
Multi-Fibre Agreement,
94 n. 21
Muse,
32
Muslim Mujahids, peace talks with,
44
Myanma Cotton and Sericulture Enterprise,
102
Myanma Jute Industries,
102
Myanma Perennial Crops Enterprise,
102
Myanma Sugarcane Enterprise,
101
Myanmar Academy of Agricultural, Forestry, Livestock and Fishery Sciences,
111
Myanmar Agricultural Development Bank,
129
,
130
Myanmar Agriculture Service (MAS),
101
,
111
,
112
,
129
and rodent control project,
139
Myanmar Council of Churches,
58
,
71 n. 33
Myanmar Economic Holding Corporation Ltd,
171 n. 8
Myanmar Government,
xx
effects of Western pressure,
20–21
and Premier Oil,
185
Myanmar Literary Resource Centre,
198
Myanmar Livestock and Fisheries Development Bank,
129
Myanmar Maternal and Child Welfare Association (MMCWA),
117
,
200
Myanmar Mayflower Bank,
93 n. 12
Myanmar Medical Association,
198
Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army,
64
Myanmar NGO Consortium on HIV/AIDS,
206
Myanmar Nurses Association,
206
,
207
,
211
Myanmar Red Cross Society,
207
,
208
Myanmar Women’s Entrepreneurs Association,
211