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TWO ARMED ETHNIC UMBRELLA GROUPS HOLD SEPARATE MEETING: Ethnic Armed Organizations prepare to mobilize their bargaining positions

As the debate over the success or failure of the third Union Peace Conference (UPC), which is now renamed Union Peace Conference - 21st...

To Hopeland and Back: The 31st trip (23-29 May 2017)

Everyman is my superior in some way In that I learn from him. (Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) This time, as readers who keep track of the country...

To Hopeland and Back: The 30th trip (15-18 May 2017)

Everyman is my superior in some way In that I learn from him. (Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) The trip came about due to the Pyidaungsu Institute (PI)...

Prospect of the Karenni and Mon in the wake of uncertain UNFC’s subsistence

After the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) resignation, followed by the Wa National Organization (WNO), the hitherto United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) members of seven...

AFTERMATH OF SECOND 21st CENTURY PANGLONG: Opinion on Union Accord and linking non-session clause to ethnic rights of self-determination

Hardly has the ink dried in signing the “Union Accord”, better known as “Pyidaungsu Accord” in Burmese, optimistic and as well pessimistic views started...

SECOND 21st CENTURY PANGLONG: Pangkham, secession and one national army issues dominated the political landscape

The second Union Peace Conference - 21st Century Panglong (UPC-21CP) was held by the National League for Democracy (NLD) government from May 24 until...

CRUCIAL POINTS TO PONDER:  How would the 21st Century Panglong pan out? 

As May 24, the convening of Union Peace Conference - 21st Century Panglong (UPC-21CP) is scheduled to take off, few crucial and essential topics...

NLD-MILITARY MUST MAKE A CRITICAL CHOICE: Secession or trust-building?

Following Zaw Htay, the director general of the State Counselor's Office, statement that a consensus with ethnic delegations within the Union Peace Dialogue Joint...

Adopting ethnic state constitution and the issue of secession

Within these few days a lot of political maneuvering have been going on, like Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), Wa National Organization (WNO) resignation from...

UNFC possible disintegration and the peace process outlook

The peace process that is scheduled to pick up again on May 24, known as Union Peace Conference - 21st Century Panglong (UPC-21CP), now...

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