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"Let us continue the pilgrimage to peace – not return to war.” His Eminence Cardinal Charles Bo makes a plea for peace and an...
Advocacy Group Calls for Reform of Burma’s Drug Laws and Policies
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RANGOON — The Drug Policy Advocacy Group (DPAG) has called for a reform of Burma’s drug laws, demanding new policies focusing on the rehabilitation...
Commentary on “Relatives barred from Padoh Mahn Sha statue ceremony”
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Reminds me of our meeting with Padoh Mahn Sha, together with David Tharkabaw, Saw Sarkis and my wife some two years before he was...
Commentary on “Preparing for the next Panglong conference”
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It is a time tested conclusion that the Tatmadaw, and also the Aung San Suu Kyi headed NLD regime for that matter, cannot go...
Commentary on ” Dialogue or despair: Two futures for the peace process”
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What Aung Naing Oo pointed out is most crucial to the continuation of peace process dialogue. His suggestion of "Unnecessary restrictions must also be removed....
Record year for Myanmar stimulant seizures
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YANGON: Myanmar police made record seizures of synthetic drug tablets last year, data obtained by AFP showed Wednesday (Feb 1), underscoring the country's ongoing...
Myanmar Community in Indianapolis to Commemorate Union Day of Burma
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INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 7, 2017 — For the first time, Myanmar ethnic communities residing in Central Indiana will observe the 70th Anniversary of Union Day...
Commentary on “U Win Htein: ‘Godfather’ of the NLD”
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Thank you for this insightful and useful short portrait of U Win Htein Ko Nyan Hlaing Lynn. Lately, in an interview, he praised the late...
Drug smuggler killed during night clash on border
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CHIANG RAI - A drug smuggler was shot dead in a fight with soldiers in Mae Sai district near the Myanmar border on Thursday...
The Whig interpretation of the Myitsone dam dilemma
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In his short but influential book, The Whig Interpretation of History, British historian Herbert Butterfield coined the term “Whig history”, which denounced a long...





