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A new generation calls for answers to Hsipaw prince’s 58-year disappearance

By Pippa Curwen Thursday, April 9, 2020 On March 2 this year, for the first time, the decades-old disappearance of Shan prince Sao Kya Seng was...

Book Review : Myanmar’s Political Transition and Lost Opportunities (2010-2016)

Book title                  : Myanmar’s Political Transition and Lost Opportunities (2010-2016) Author                       : Ye Htut Date of publication: 1 October 2019 Price                           : $ 42.04 (Amazon.com) Two excellent reviews have already been...

UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS: The need to value the rights of mankind 

These days, the Myanmar leadership is bogged down by several lawsuit proceedings which include International Criminal Court (ICC), International Court of Justice (ICJ) and...

VISA ON ARRIVAL: A discrimination act for former Myanmar citizens?

Tourists from six countries, Australia, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Russia, can now enter Myanmar with no requirement for pre-arranged approval. Accordingly, tourists can make...

NATION-BUILDING DEBACLE: Failure of Burmanization through institutionalized assimilation

When the three Karen activists Naw Ohn Hla, Saw Elbert Cho and Sa Thein Zaw Min were released, due to the fact that they...

CHILD SOLDIERS: Will government ratification of UN treaty end child soldiering?

As the civil war raged on in northern Shan and Rakhine or Arakan States, with no end in sight and ongoing bilateral ceasefire between...

Mega project impacts on life of local people (news feature)

There are full of gun-smoke on other side of Hsipaw town, where is the root of famous "Twilight Over Burma" movie.  People have automatically felt...

Investigation: Shan State’s Pangolins Threatened With Extinction

Shan children in rural communities have long been seen wearing flat, shell-like pendants on their necks, a hole cut into its surface and hung...

BILATERAL CEASEFIRE TALKS: Aftermath of the second Kengtung meeting

On September 17, the Northern Alliance – Burma (NA-B) and the National Reconciliation and Peace Center (NRPC), which included the military or Tatmadaw representatives,...

KARENNI LAND CONFISCATION: Government’s land reform amendment and its negative consequences

On August 20,  a 45-page “Federal land administration still a long way in the country's land reform sector report” was released by Kayah...

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