DEADLY LINKAGE: Drugs, weapons, money laundry and the Chinese
On June 26, the 32nd International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, narcotics seized in 2018 were destroyed in three cities in Myanmar....
BURMA’S MONGLA CELEBRATES: 30th Anniversary of Peace
On the occasion of Mongla's 30th peace anniversary which falls on June 30, leader of the National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA) Sai Lin told...
CHINA’S THAI-MYANMAR BORDER INVESTMENT: Shwe Kokko Chinatown mega-project
As buildings after buildings spring up in Shwe Kokko, a remote Karen border town bordering Thailand, many wonder whether this mega-project real estate development is just...
DUAL-TRACK CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT APPROACH: Parliamentary and NCA-based peace process
Once again constitutional amendment becomes a hot topic as Union Parliament’s Charter Amendment Committee secretary Dr Myat Nyanna Soe, an Upper House lawmaker for...
EMPOWERING PEACE MOVEMENT: Way out from elusive peace and political dialogue stagnation
Stalled peace negotiation process and lack of political dialogue have now pushed back the country to where it has started in 2011. The then...
Disruption of EAOs’ meeting by Tatmadaw against reconciliation
Once again, on June 7, the Tatmadaw or Myanmar military attache for Thailand brigadier general Khin Zaw wrote to his Thai counterpart colonel Pattana...
END OF PEACE PROCESS: After almost nine years of peace deliberation back to square one?
The Karen National Union (KNU) proposed formation of new talk-shop dubbed as Peace Process Consultative Meeting (PPCM) aiming to include all Ethnic Armed Organizations...
Displaced Shan villagers along Shan-Thai border in limbo
The Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) and Shan State Refugee Committee-Thai Border (SSRC-TB) published a new report “Shrinking refuge: new threats to refugee security on...
AFTERMATH OF C-IN-C TWITTER BAN: Social media impact on government-ethnic relation
As commander-in-chief general Min Aung Hlaing's Twitter account was taken out, due to the lobbying of Maung Tun Khin, a well known Rohingya leader...
FOURTH NCA-SIGNATORIES MEETING: Will the PPST become PPCM?
Eight Peace Process Steering Team (PPST) members plus other two Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAO), New Mon State Party (NMSP) and Lahu Democratic union (LDU),...
