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...

Day Six-Seven. Wednesday-Thursday, 14-15 December 2016 Before you seek change, the sages said, be very sure you have savored all the joys of the present. The...

Day Five. Tuesday, 13 December 2016 13-15 December 2016    Workshop in Naypyitaw led by State Counselor’s Office to seek out the “best federal system” for...

Day Four. Monday, 12 December 2016 China is another victim of the conflicts. Global Times, 12 December 2016 07:30     Air KBZ takes me to Nyaung Oo. 09:45     Arrival...