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FINALIZING INCOMPREHENSIBLE FRAMEWORK FOR POLITICAL DIALOGUE: Is UNFC to be blamed?  

As the war in Kachin and Shan States has been going on and off for a few years, with a newly exploded rebellion of...

To Hopeland and Back: The 22nd trip

The following journal is about what had taken place during my last trip to attend the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) signing anniversary which was...

IS PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE POSSIBLE? : Mounting offensives against ethnic armies and new violent outburst in Arakan State

Quite a lot of happening have been unfolding during the last few days. But the most outstanding one is the new conflict in Arakan...

BURMA ARMY ON WARPATH: Why Aung San Suu Kyi is unable to deliver?

On the heels of the massive anti-war demonstration in Myitkyina, involving thousands of demonstrators, United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) issued a seven point statement...

Mong Ton Dam issue fast becoming a Shan’s “Alamo”?

“Drowning a Thousand Island” documentary film produced by Action for Shan State Rivers launched on 21 September in Rangoon, Taunggyi, Kengtung and Chaing Mai...

Trouble in the Other Golden Triangle

Slowly as the years go on, You lose friends you never thought you would. Xzavier Zulu, Kushandwizdom I was told in early September following the conclusion of...

Build relationship, not dams

The best would be if this country adopted a more regional perspective, which would be more in line with federalism. So instead of thinking...

WAR OF ESCALATION IN KACHIN STATE: Why are the guns not silent?

Actually, the Union Peace Conference (UPC) or 21st Century Panglong Conference (21CPC) is supposed to bring all warring parties into an atmosphere of peaceful...

Soon one year NCA: Not all smiles, but not all frowns either 

Less than a month from now, the signing of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) will be one year old. Whether more EAOs (ethnic armed...

To Hopeland and Back The 21st trip for the 21st Century Panglong – (Day14-16)

Day Fourteen-Fifteen. Sunday-Monday, 4-5 September 2016 With someone who holds nothing but trumps, it’s impossible to play. Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German poet and dramatist (1813-1863) Today and tomorrow are...

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