KAREN MARTYRS’ DAY: Monopoly concept of the term “martyr” by NLD-led government?
Amid official warning from the
authorities not to use the term “martyr” in Ayeyarwady and Yangon, on the
occasion of honouring the Karen fallen leader Saw...
Ex-president pioneer of free press in Burma
From 1962 up to 2011, Burma or Myanmar was a pariah state in every sense of the word. But this perception has drastically changed...
Malaysian PM speaks for the oppressed Rohingya
Recently on July 26, in an exclusive interview with Anadolu Agency in the capital Ankara during his tightly packed four-day official visit to Turkey...
THE SHOWDOWN BEGINS: Constitutional amendment debacles
Following the July 15, 45-member constitutional reform committee submission to the Union Parliament, in a report which includes over 3,700 recommendations covering 457 provisions...
BURMA’S CIVIL WAR IN ARAKAN: Achieving military victory through crime against humanity?
Burma or Myanmar ethnic conflict wars are fought by the military or Tatmadaw using coded colors. White is an insurgent free government control area;...
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...
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’
SHAN -
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....
