Mong Hpyak Locals to Petition Union Govt to Halt Australian Gold Mining Venture
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Eastern Shan State residents have opposed the project since meeting company reps last year, saying it will destroy 140,000 acres of paddy fields. Residents of...
Genetically Modified Organism: Where Myanmar stands
Lately, a piece of news came up in the local press on the much talked about and debated genetically modified organism (GMO) issue in...
CSSU Chairman Urges Shan Army Leaders to Unify
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Amid clashes between Shan armed groups, the coalition head calls on the organizations to cooperate.
Chairman of the Committee for Shan State Unity (CSSU)...
Linking Myanmar’s peace process and OBOR
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The stagnation of Myanmar's ongoing peace process is well known, which has started out in 2011 by the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP)-led...
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Sai Wansai The much awaited third 21st Century Panglong, officially known as Union Peace Conference - 21st Century Panglong (UPC – 21CP) was held in...
THINK PIECE: An unjust peace is better than a just war
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With the Union Peace Conference - 21st Century Panglong scheduled to be held on July 11, 2018, it is high time that all stakeholders...
The menace of landmine fatalities in Myanmar
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A short piece of news from Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) concerning the landmine fatalities in Kachin and Shan States, which have the...
NLD Congress and UPDJC Meeting: Starting the 21st Century Panglong Conference with common position ?
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The news of government, parliament and the Tatmadaw deliberation meeting to find a common stand on various topics, later joined by the Ethnic Armed...
Myanmar’s freedom of expression downward spiral
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Recently two reports, watchdog journalism groups Pen Myanmar and Athan, came out one after another which indicated the serious freedom of expression regression within...
Another Pressing Issue: Forced portering and human shield
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When Sai Tun Nyan, MP from Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) tried to raise the issue of civilians being used as human shields...
