RCSS Reaffirms ‘Commitment to NCA Path’
Representatives from the Burmese government and Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) held a meeting in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand on the...
Burma Army Searches Ta’ang Organization Offices, Homes in Lashio
Burma Army soldiers and members of the police force searched ethnic Ta’ang homes and the offices of multiple civil society organizations (CSOs) in Lashio,...
2020 GENERAL ELECTIONS: Will the Wa Self-Administrative Division participate?
On November 3, spokesperson of Union Election Commission (UEA) Myint Naing told the media there is a plan to hold the upcoming 2020 general...
UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS: The need to value the rights of mankind
These days, the Myanmar leadership is bogged down by several lawsuit proceedings which include International Criminal Court (ICC), International Court of Justice (ICJ) and...
CULTURE OF POLITICAL DIALOGUE: Fading hope to resolve ethnic conflict?
With the rise of armed conflict violence, branching out into assassination, random shooting, abduction, extrajudicial punishment, the country seems to be “widening the space...
CULTURE OF ANGST: A need for conducive atmosphere in peace-building
Lately, news seeping out from government sources indicate that the much talked about bilateral ceasefire negotiation between the Northern Alliance – Burma (NA-B) and...
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...
