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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...

Independence Referendums in Catalonia and Kurdistan: Lessons for ethnic conflict resolution in Burma?

While humanitarian catastrophe in Burma's Arakan or Rakhine State, the nuclear proliferation in North Korea and the risk of a nuclear war, earthquake in...

ARMED CONFLICT RESUMES IN NORTHERN SHAN STATE: After a month lull, conflict continues between the TNLA and Tatmadaw

Many might have thought that, with the ongoing and growing problematic in Rakhine State reaching international height that has caught United Nations attention and...

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