If the Tatmadaw or Military is really entertaining the notion of "total annihilation" of the Kachin Independence Army and subsequently also all the other...

Federalism has been a taboo theme since 1962 when the Military or Tatmadaw staged a coup d' etat and replaced the democratically elected government...

Lately, the military bloc's supporter, obviously made up of Union Solidarity Development Party (USDP) members, former and active soldiers in civil and sympathizers have...

Day Two. Tuesday, 9 January 2017 How does the sea become the king of all streams? Because it lies lower than they! Tao Teh Ching, Chapter...

(8-11 January 2017)  This time even before the journal on the 24th trip was properly finished, I was back in Burma/Myanmar again. And since the strategic...

Day Nine-thirteen. Saturday-Wednesday, 17-21 December 2016 Troops, backed by jets and artillery, capture Gideon outpost near Laiza. (AFP, 17 December) I have breakfast with a Thai...

People are generally at a lost on why the National League for Democracy (NLD) party that won the 2015 nationwide election on a landslide...

In October 2016, more than 5,000 people took to the streets of Namkham, northern Shan State, when the township’s education officials failed to pay...

Day Eight. Saturday, 16 December 2016 Rohingya insurgency in Burma is a “game changer”, says ICG. The attackers on 9 October are Saudi-backed Harakah al-Yaqin...

As 2017 begins, speculation and assessment on which way Burma's political wind might be blowing becomes an important task to determine for stakeholders and...