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Shan Armed Groups Urged To Meet

Rival Shan groups pressed to resolve issues to end fighting in northern Shan Shan. The Committee of Shan State Unity (CSSU) requested for rival Shan...

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...

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...

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...

Myanmar’s by-elections: Ethnic political parties gain ground

The much awaited but less enthusiastic voters' turnout of the by-election held on November 3 cast a long shadow on the ruling National League...

SNLD Wins Laikha Parliamentary Seat

The party beat out the SNDP and NLD in the by-election. The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) party claimed a victory for a Lower...

Shan Parties Kick Off By-Election Campaign in Laikha

The SNDP and SNLD are competing for a vacant Lower House seat in the southern Shan State constituency. The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD)...

State Counselor’s Kachin State Visit: Dwindling hope for IDPs to return home

Following the disappointment of the top leaders meeting between the government and the Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs), held in Naypyitaw from October 15 to...

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