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Coal Mining Company’s License Renewed

Coal extraction company gets the green light to operate in Shan State next year despite polluting the air, land and water for nearly two...

TATMADAW’S PEACE OVERTURES: Tactical military move or an offer of real olive branch?

The statement from the Tatmadaw comes after three ethnic armed groups that had previously been frozen out of the peace process – the Myanmar...

Myanmar’s Ethnic Armed Conflict in 2018: Unabated protracted war and heightened inter-ethnic armed confrontation

As the year ends, protracted ethnic conflict has expanded into the Rakhine State. The Arakan Army (AA), a new outfit that was formed only...

Dam-building in Shan State: Militarization and subjugation the main purpose?

On December 5,  Shan communities and local Members of Parliaments held a press conference  in Yangon, City Hotel, to call for an immediate cancellation...

CHIPPING AWAY EAOS POLITICAL CLOUT AND ETHNIC NATIONALITIES’ LIVELIHOOD? : Vacant, Fallow and Virgin Lands amendment debacles

The implementation of the Vacant, Fallow and Virgin Lands (VFV) Management Law of 2012 as Amended by The Law Amending the  Vacant, Fallow and...

Three Civilians Killed as Armed Groups Clash in Hsipaw

‘I don’t understand why they are fighting each other,’ a villager said of the ethnic armed organizations. Three civilians—including one 10-year-old boy—were killed in Hsipaw Township,...

With Trucks at a Standstill, Tensions Run High at Shan-China Border

Chinese authorities are closely inspecting lorries coming into the country from Burma. Trucks were lined up at the Mang Weing border gate in Muse, with...

Informal meetings between four EAOs and NRPC: Trust-stimulating actions needed

By all accounts, the peace negotiation process is in shambles and there is no argument among stakeholders and observers alike about it It all started...

Kesi Locals Move to Reclaim 5,000 Acres of Land Seized by Tatmadaw

The land, taken in 1996, was allocated for coal mining and later transferred to the state; farmers are demanding it be returned to them....

China Gate Closes Following Changes to Burma’s Border Pass System

New cards issued by Burma are reportedly incompatible with the software used by China. Chinese authorities closed the border gate crossing from northern Shan State’s...

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