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Rejection of national level political dialogue not conducive to peace process

Regarding the implementation of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), during the latest Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) meeting in Naypyitaw, on October 30-31,...

Learning to Share: Great Lords of the Sky #2

Title: Great Lords of the Sky: Burma’s Shan Aristocracy Author: Sao Sanda Simms Year of publication: 2017 Everyman is my superior in some way In that I learn...

UPDJC Gathering And Government-Ethnic Armies Meetings: All-inclusivity and accommodation keys to national unity and reconciliation

Two important meetings that would likely help move forward the stalled peace process were held between the government's Peace Council (PC) and the United...

To Hopeland and Back # 33

(10-17 October 2017) The greatest bankruptcy in life is hopelessness. Attributed to The Buddha There were two events which necessitated yet another trip to the country I...

Catalonia and Kurdistan Struggle for Independence: Contradictory international norms hinder peaceful settlement

Referendum on independence has been an issue dominating the headlines for a couple of weeks now, particularly in relation to the Catalan and Kurdish...

Learning to share: Some book learning

Title: Great Lords of the sky: Burma’s Shan Aristocracy Author: Sao Sanda Simms Number of pages: 476 (176 of them are photos and maps) Everyman is my...

Taking stock on the second anniversary of NCA 

The second anniversary of Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) was held on 15 October 2017 in Naypyitaw at the Myanmar International Convention Center – 1,...

KIA Recruitment Rocks Kachin’s Waingmaw Township

On October 4, the Kachin Independence Armay (KIA), in its troops recruitment drive that seems to be part of the scheme for territorial and...

BURMA’S NEGATIVE IMAGE: Adherence to universal human rights, anti-racism and anti-ethnocentrism keys to become mainstream

The international opinion on Myanmar or Burma is undoubtedly very negative these days and there is no argument on that, of course with the...

UNFC held stakeholders meeting unable to instill peace process optimism

With the aim to forge a common policy, the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) held a stakeholders' meeting for four days from September 27...

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