{"id":6450,"date":"2019-10-01T08:30:10","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T22:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/?p=6450"},"modified":"2023-08-07T07:20:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T21:20:47","slug":"myanmar-postage-stamps-and-political-signals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/myanmar-postage-stamps-and-political-signals\/","title":{"rendered":"Myanmar: Postage stamps and political signals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p> A new set of stamps by Myanmar&nbsp;Post again draws controversy over \u201cnational&nbsp;races\u201d labels to categorise the population. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/tag\/andrew-selth\/\">ANDREW SELTH<\/a>\u00a0 |   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Myanmar\u2019s former military regime\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowyinstitute.org\/the-interpreter\/burma-puts-its-stamp-world-philately-and-foreign-policy\">often used<\/a>\u00a0new issues of the country\u2019s\u00a0postage stamps to send political signals, not only to its own people but\u00a0also to the international community. It appears that this practice is also\u00a0being followed by Aung San Suu Kyi\u2019s quasi-democratic government, which took\u00a0office in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was suggested recently by the issue of a new set of stamps by Myanmar&nbsp;Post, an agency of the reorganised Ministry of Transport and Communications.&nbsp;In two mini-sheets of eight stamps each, and on the associated first day&nbsp;covers, there are depictions of the country\u2019s eight recognised \u201cnational&nbsp;races\u201d, namely the Bamar (Burman), Kachin, Kayah (Karenni), Karen (Kayin),&nbsp;Chin, Mon, Rakhine (Arakanese), and Shan communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in the world, and&nbsp;the use of such labels to categorise the population has long attracted&nbsp;controversy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please click here to read the full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowyinstitute.org\/the-interpreter\/myanmar-postage-stamps-political%20signals\">&#8220;Myanmar: Postage stamps and political signals&#8221;<\/a> article published at The Interpreter, written by Griffith Asia Institute Adjunct Professor Andrew Selth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new set of stamps by Myanmar&nbsp;Post again draws controversy over \u201cnational&nbsp;races\u201d labels to categorise the population. 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