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A Brief Commentary on Burma’s/Myanmar’s Civil War : Saw David Tharckabaw

  Written by:  Saw David Tharckabaw, former Vice-Chairman of the Karen National Union and of the United Nationalities Federal Council

Inter-ethnic conflict in Shan State creates a cold war-like animosity

As if the problem in Rakhine State, that has provoked international and UN condemnation on Naypyitaw and ever since the Rohingya's exodus of some...

Informal meetings between four EAOs and NRPC: Trust-stimulating actions needed

By all accounts, the peace negotiation process is in shambles and there is no argument among stakeholders and observers alike about it It all started...

BURMA’S PEACE PROCESS: From stagnation to drawback?

With the recent confirmation of the Karen National Union (KNU) statement on November 10 made known, that it is withholding its non-participation position in...

KNU temporary hiatus from peace process: Is reconciliation still possible?

Hardly has the sharp tone of the Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Laing died down, when he  sabotaged the top leaders' meeting of government-military and Ethnic...

INTER-ETHNIC CONFLICT IN SHAN STATE: Shan woman entrepreneur abduction raises racial and political tension

As the combined force of Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) armed clashes with the Restoration...

MYANMAR’S PEACE PROCESS STAGNATION: Will conditional clause be a way out?

The October 15 next month will be the third anniversary signing of Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA). But if one counts the starting of ex-President...

Underground

Underground David Scott Mathieson SAWANGWONGSE YAWNGHWE Peace Industrial Complex 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT9), Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art: November 2018   Myanmar’s civil war is both...

CSSU Chairman Urges Shan Army Leaders to Unify

Amid clashes between Shan armed groups, the coalition head calls on the organizations to cooperate. Chairman of the Committee for Shan State Unity (CSSU)...

Linking Myanmar’s peace process and OBOR

The stagnation of Myanmar's ongoing peace process is well known, which has started out in 2011 by the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP)-led...

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