To Hopeland and Back: 27th trip
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Day Two. Monday, 13 February 2017 The meeting with Mr Sun Guoxiang is at the World Trade Center (WTC). “I hope no airplane hits the...
To Hopeland and Back: The 27th trip
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Yes, I should have written this two weeks ago. I wanted to, too. But I was bedridden with flu, and as a result has...
AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE: Will the non-signatory ethnic armies be on board soon?
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News coming out of Naypyitaw and Yangon meetings regarding the progress of peace process seems to be quite encouraging and many started to think...
THE PLOT THICKENS: Wa-led ethnic armed organization leaders unveiled a new peace process game plan
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The plot has thickened as the 21st Century Panglong Conference (21CPC), acknowledged as the only game in town is being threatened into a situation...
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As renewed heavy fighting erupted since almost one month ago, between the Kokang or Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) and the Burma Army...
SECOND 21st CENTURY PANGLONG: Hurdles, woes and imagination
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Even though we have now and then conducted several interviews together in the past on various political issues surrounding Burma, I was very much...
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On February 12, seventy anniversary of the Union Day, State Counselor Aung Suu Kyi's message to the non-signatory Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) that haven't...
The peace process: A tale of two wives
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On 23 January, the top-level delegation of the signatory EAOs met State Counselor Ms Aung San Suu Kyi and the Commander-in-Chief Senior Gen Min...
THE AFTERMATH OF U KO NI’S ASSASSINATION: Constitutional conundrum remains to be resolved
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Days after U Ko Ni's assassination the police department, and for that reason the home ministry, hasn't come up with an explanation or press...
To Hopeland and Back: The 26th trip
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Day Three-Four. Tuesday-Wednesday, 24-25 January 2017 Never give a sucker an even break. W.C.Fields (1880-1946), American comedian, actor, juggler and writer We are off to the airport...
