HPAKANT AERIAL BOMBARDMENT: A wake up call for fence-sitters?
A tragic scenario unfolds as the junta's military jets bombarded a public gathering to mark the 62nd Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) founding anniversary on...
How the military junta is losing its grip on Myanmar
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It has been nearly 20 months since Myanmar’s junta put an end to its country’s fledgling democracy in a dramatic coup that overthrew the...
The second round of peace talks initiated by State Administration Council (SAC) Chairman and Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, which began on September...
ARAKAN ARMY’S CONFEDERACY ASPIRATIONS: Bamar’s hardship is Arakanese opportunity
With the escalation of armed conflict in Arakan State, now spreading to the whole state not to mention the fierce fighting in the adjacent...
RCSS NAPYITAW SECOND VISIT: Junta’s and visitor’s desperate moves
It wasn't a surprise that Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) boss General Yawd Serk readily flew to Naypyitaw for a second visit to...
INTER-ETHNIC CONFLICT IN NORTHERN BURMA: SNA clashes with KIA doesn’t bode well for both parties
The animosity or conflict between the Shanni and the Kachin in northern part of Burma or Myanmar covering Sagaing Region and Kachin State isn't...
EMPOWERING PEOPLE’S ASPIRATIONS: Time for Shan armies to have a new big picture outlook
Whenever we mentioned inter-ethnic conflict we immediately come to think of the armed clashes between the two Shan armies of Restoration Council of Shan...
EULOGY: The Hkun Tun Oo I knew
I met Hkun Tun Oo when I moved from Lashio to Taunggyi in early sixties when I joined the Tai Youth Association (TYA). He...
Myanmar Military Junta is Above the Rule of Law
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“My husband should not have died. There is no value of a human life, and there is no accountability. I have become a widow...
OBITUARY: In memory of the late Hkun Tun Oo
Hkun Tun Oo, also known as Noel and Sao Naing Naing, founder and leader of the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD), passed away...