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),...
Tatmadaw’s animosity mindset biggest barrier to peace and reconciliation
Scanning the news as usual, I recently came across a piece of news regarding the two civilians who were wounded due to the unexploded...
High time for the Shan to unite
All eyes have been long on the inter-ethnic conflict between the two Shan armies in northern Shan state, even though the initial spark of...
55th SSPP FOUNDING ANNIVERSARY: Will a show of good will be recognized?
On April 24, the Shan State Progress Party (SSPP) and its military wing Shan State Army (SSA) held an event commemorating its 55th founding...
CREATION OF NEW SUB-STATE: Problems of national state demand by the Wa
The aftermath of the United Wa State Party/Army (UWSP/UWSA) ceasefire anniversary burdened all of us with its new national state or sub-state demand reiterated...
Health Convergence in Myanmar: An Ethnic Perspective
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by Martin Over the past seven years, ethnic health organizations (EHOs) and community-based health organizations (CBHOs), which have provide health services to ethnic populations in the...
Commentary on “Tatmadaw likens Arakan Army demands to ‘a child daydreaming’”
What Major-General Soe Naing Oo, chair of the Tatmadaw’s True News Information Team, said at a press briefing in Nay Pyi Taw on Monday...
