THE CASE OF GEN AUNG SAN STATUE: Karenni activists await court verdict
As the three prominent political activists – former Myanmar army Captain Nay Myo Zin, poet Saw Wai and lawyer U Kyi Myint – were...
FOURTH NCA ANNIVERSARY: A peace process drawback
The Fourth Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) Signing Anniversary, which supposed to be convened on the actual date of October 15, was held on October...
GOVERNMENT AND EAOS RELATION: Restarting peace process with four-point agreement agenda
On the heels of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement-Signatory-Ethnic Armed Organizations (NCA-S-EAO) three-day meeting that ended on October 12, the Peace Commission (PC), under the ...
FOREIGN AID: A row has broken out between government and EAOs on developmental help
As if to restart the stagnated peace negotiation process stalled more than a year is not difficult enough to overcome, on behalf of the...
NCA-Signatory EAOs Oppose Govt Demand to Report Aid
Ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) signatory to Burma’s Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) have come out against a recent government statement that they must report international...
NATION-BUILDING DEBACLE: Failure of Burmanization through institutionalized assimilation
When the three Karen activists Naw Ohn Hla, Saw Elbert Cho and Sa Thein Zaw Min were released, due to the fact that they...
NLD’S ETHNIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE: Is the formation a recipe to win or self-destruction?
On September 22, the National League for Democracy (NLD) announced at a press conference following its Ethnic Affairs Committee meeting, in Yangon, the formation...
Ethnic Parties Doubt Joint Committee’s Ability to Amend 2008 Constitution
This month has seen membership of a joint committee tasked with amending Burma’s military-drafted 2008 Constitution shrink. The shift has raised questions of whether...
BILATERAL CEASEFIRE TALKS: Aftermath of the second Kengtung meeting
On September 17, the Northern Alliance – Burma (NA-B) and the National Reconciliation and Peace Center (NRPC), which included the military or Tatmadaw representatives,...
RCSS: Peace Process ‘At A Standstill’
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Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) spokesperson Col Sai Nguen recently spoke to SHAN reporter Sai Yawd Kham about talks between signatories to the...