Understanding the Ethnic Conflict in Burma

However, the starting point for the problem is that each religion lives in a particular area, and these areas do not get along with each other. This brought many fights, which is why this conflict could not be solved. There are nine ethnic groups in Burmese, Shan, Cain, Rakhine, Mon, Kaya, Kachin in Myanmar. If you want to merge with Myanmar, it is important to understand what each group represents and where you live in order to understand what that country does.

Like Myanmar, Indonesia has an ethnic conflict. Scholars divide these conflicts into two categories: vertical confrontation and horizontal confrontation. Vertical conflict refers to a conflict between a certain group of nations (ethnic, religious or ideological motive) and the nation state. On the other hand, horizontal confrontation is the conflict that occurs in society itself or in society. It occurs among communities with at least two cultural or religious differences under political authority. (Sukma, 2005, p3) According to this definition, Indonesia can see two kinds of conflicts.

Myanmar is a country full of ethnic conflict. All ethnically dominated regions of the country are located in the surrounding areas of the state and they want to leave the Union of Myanmar. Tin Maung Maung Than (2005, p 65) said that the national state of Myanmar is a post-colonial building and since the independence, the issue of citizen's identity in multi-ethnic and multi-religious environments has played an important role It correctly points out. He also revealed facts of ethnic conflict.

Constructivists are descriptions of racial and ethnic conflicts. National and national identities are built socially through social, economic and political processes such as colonization and conquest. Ethnic conflict is a product of the factors that form the identity of the people, it is not a factor of the race itself. If the proportion of the state's population between the ages of 15 and 24 is too high, there will be an increase in young people. It occurs when the infant mortality rate decreases and the birth rate rises. This youth expansion has increased the working age population; however, it has not been converted to more employment opportunities and has led to serious unemployment. This leads to a young adult male group "prolonging dependence on parents, reducing self-esteem and contributing to frustration." This has enabled young people to "pursue social and economic progress with alternative, non-legal means". This means that opportunity cost to participate in armed movement is low.