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Ethnic Activists ‘Prefer Aung San’s Promise of Equal Rights’ Over New Currency

The Central Bank of Myanmar officially issued a new 1,000 kyat note featuring an image of the late Gen Aung San on January 7....

JICM: Eight-point agenda agreement a positive restart of stalled peace process?

On January 8, the government met with all 10 nationwide ceasefire agreement-signatories-ethnic armed organizations (NCA-S-EAO) at the Joint Implementation Coordination Meeting (JICM) in Naypyitaw. The...

Peace Process and Myanmar Sustainable Development Plan

As the restarting of nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA)-based peace process gears to restart after more than a year of standstill, it is important to...

Government’s “total peace” in 2020 realizable? 

The opinion piece of January 1, 2020 The Global New Light of Myanmar wrote that "Our new year resolution should be “total peace” in...

KAREN NEW YEAR MESSAGE: KNU Chairman outlined ethnic rights of self-determination 

On 26 December 2019 Karen New Year Day, Karen National Union (KNU) Chairman Saw Mutu Say Poe in his felicitation letter to all Karen...

Myanmar’s landmine victims bound to increase as war goes on 

On the heels of the “Landmine Monitor 2019” by Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor in November, a series of landmines exploded in Namhsan Township...

More Landmine Explosions Cause Fatalities, Injuries in Namhsan 

A series of landmines exploded in Namhsan Township in northern Shan State this week, causing both casualties and injuries. “Landmines exploded at three different locations...

Migrant Workers in Thailand Demand Govt Enforce Labor Rights Protection Laws 

Migrant workers from Burma in Thailand are demanding that the Thai government implement its existing laws guaranteeing a minimum wage and paid leave.  Thong Kham,...

Hundreds of Lashio IDPs in Need of Food Aid 

More than 500 internally displaced people (IDPs) who have sought refuge in a village in Lashio Township, northern Shan State, are short on food...

GAMBIA VERSUS MYANMAR: International Court of Justice Blues 

The three-day International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearing from December 10 to 12 - in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the...

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