Collective strength in the face of NLD government’s impotence?
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As if to demonstrate that the de facto government leader and State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi is now ready to give more power...
Mon National-Level Political Dialogue: A way forward?
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The New Mon State Party (NMSP) together with the Lahu Democratic Union (LDU) finally signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) on February 13, 2018,...
MYANMAR’S ETHNIC CONFLICT: Military playing hardball to derail peace negotiation process?
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During the Water Festival – Sarngkyan in Shan, Thingyan in Burmese, and Songkran in Thai - quite a lot has happened. The war in...
Constitutional Amendment Debacle: Time for NLD to make a profound choice
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The ex-President Htin Kyaw on Union Day, February 12, made a pledge to amend the constitution to become more federal and vowed to establish...
The aftermath of Myanmar’s new presidential election
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The eyes are on the newly elected President Win Myint, who came into the office due to the untimely resignation of Htin Kyaw, the...
MYANMAR’S REFUGEE AND IDP: Shan dislocation and dispossession after three decades.
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Recently, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) came up with an approximate figure of 1,900 internally displace persons (IDPs), due...
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The Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) has said that it has decided to withdraw from the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) ethnic...
Burmese military not following terms of NCA, says Gen Yawd Serk
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Gen Yawd Serk of the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) says the Burmese military was not following the terms of the...
Joint Monitoring Committee opens in southern Shan State
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The Joint Monitoring Committee opened its first local-level office (JMC-L) in southern Shan State’s Langkhur Township on Wednesday. Representatives from local government, military officials and...
By-election winners sworn in at Shan State parliament
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Six newly elected MPs – four representing the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD), one from the National League for Democracy (NLD), and one...
