Disruption of EAOs’ meeting by Tatmadaw against reconciliation
Once again, on June 7, the Tatmadaw or Myanmar military attache for Thailand brigadier general Khin Zaw wrote to his Thai counterpart colonel Pattana...
END OF PEACE PROCESS: After almost nine years of peace deliberation back to square one?
The Karen National Union (KNU) proposed formation of new talk-shop dubbed as Peace Process Consultative Meeting (PPCM) aiming to include all Ethnic Armed Organizations...
Displaced Shan villagers along Shan-Thai border in limbo
The Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) and Shan State Refugee Committee-Thai Border (SSRC-TB) published a new report “Shrinking refuge: new threats to refugee security on...
AFTERMATH OF C-IN-C TWITTER BAN: Social media impact on government-ethnic relation
As commander-in-chief general Min Aung Hlaing's Twitter account was taken out, due to the lobbying of Maung Tun Khin, a well known Rohingya leader...
High time for the Shan to unite
All eyes have been long on the inter-ethnic conflict between the two Shan armies in northern Shan state, even though the initial spark of...
55th SSPP FOUNDING ANNIVERSARY: Will a show of good will be recognized?
On April 24, the Shan State Progress Party (SSPP) and its military wing Shan State Army (SSA) held an event commemorating its 55th founding...
UWSA SALES PITCH: Confederacy promotion the main thrust of 30th anniversary ceasefire celebration
United Wa State Army (UWSA) planned 30th anniversary of signing ceasefire with the then military government is scheduled to be held from April 15...
Shan State re-emerges as illicit narcotics production center
It seems Shan State's stigma of being the epicenter of narcotics production won't go away easily even after nearly three decades of Afghanistan took...
Life mission of SNDP chairman Sai Aik Pao Sai Aik Pao has been deliberately trying to stage a political comeback, ever since his party Shan...
CSSU Chairman Sai Aik Pao: ‘We Failed to Achieve Unity’
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As he concludes his final days as CSSU’s head, Sai Aik Pao reflects on his year as chairman, and ongoing conflict in Shan State....