Another Pressing Issue: Forced portering and human shield
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When Sai Tun Nyan, MP from Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) tried to raise the issue of civilians being used as human shields...
NLD OFFICIAL POSITION: Panglong Agreement inferior to 2008 Constitution
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As Director general of the State Counselor Office Zaw Htay's official answer of May 2017, regarding Panglong Agreement query, resurfaced again on Facebook one...
Peace process stagnation and people’s aspiration to end the war
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When the New Mon State Party (NMSP) and Lahu Democratic Union (LDU) signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) on 13 February 2018, adding impetus...
WAR IN MYANMAR’S ETHNIC STATES: Is military solution the way to peace and reconciliation?
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As the peace movement gains momentum the war in ethnic states are also intensifying threatening to push the country back to square one and...
ARMED CLASHES IN PAPUN DISTRICT: An end to peaceful negotiation?
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When clashes broke out between the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), armed wing of the Karen National Union (KNU), and the Myanmar Army (Tatmadaw) ...
Collective strength in the face of NLD government’s impotence?
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As if to demonstrate that the de facto government leader and State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi is now ready to give more power...
Mon National-Level Political Dialogue: A way forward?
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The New Mon State Party (NMSP) together with the Lahu Democratic Union (LDU) finally signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) on February 13, 2018,...
Former child soldier’s controversy and freedom of expression
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Since the problematic issue of child soldiers hit the headlines with the Human Rights Watch's (HRW) 220 page report “My Gun Was As Tall...
Myanmar’s ethnic civil war escalation propelling the country into a failed state?
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When Thein Sein-headed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) came into power, following the 2010 nationwide election, people were skeptical what would come out...
Learning to share: Book review #2
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Every man is my superior in some way In that I learn from him.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) Title: China’s Multilayered Engagement Strategy and Myanmar’s...
