ETHNIC CONFLICT ESCALATION: NA-B raids in Pyin Oo Lwin and Nawngkhio
In the pre-dawn early hours of August 15, three members out four belonging to the Northern Alliance – Burma (NA-B), the Arakan Army (AA),...
THE SHOWDOWN BEGINS: Constitutional amendment debacles
Following the July 15, 45-member constitutional reform committee submission to the Union Parliament, in a report which includes over 3,700 recommendations covering 457 provisions...
United States’ Burma Political Prisoners Assistance Act to sail through ?
On July 10, senator Edward J. Markey (Democrat - Massachusetts) and Marsha Blackburn (Republican - Tennessee) introduced legislation bill prioritizing the release of political...
GOVERNMENT-KNU LAND POLICY ROW: NLD functionary arrested by KNU on land dispute
On July 5, Kyaikmayaw township National League for Democracy (NLD) news and information team member and also NLD Kyonekwe village general secretary Saw Kaung...
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...
