Day Three, Sunday, 26 July 2015
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Today, I’m at the Uniserv, where the conference takes place, before 08: 00, because the first panel is going to begin at that time...
Day Two. Saturday, 25 August 2015
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Today, I miss the panel that I had set my heart on, the one on drugs. Though I have researched and written much about...
New things to learn about an old neighbor
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The Thais, like the Burmese do about them, have a cock-eyed view about its western neighbor. That is one of the reasons why non-Burmans...
PRESIDENTIAL AMNESTY: More anger than benefit for releasing Chinese loggers?
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It is supposed to be a diplomatic coup, when President Thein Sein freed the 155 Chinese workers, that were sentenced to life imprisonment for...
NATIONWIDE CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT: More of a stalemate than progress?
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Media and some optimistic leaders from Ethnic Armed Organizations-Senior Delegation (EAOs-SD) and Union Peace-making Work Committee (UPWC) have been hailing that the recent peace...
CEASEFIRE TALKS: Would Min Aung Hlaing’s professed military supremacy stance derail peace process?
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After reading, Union Peace-making Work Committee (UPWC) top trouble shooter and government's leading peace negotiator, U Aung Min and Ethnic Armed Organizations' Senior Delegation...
Would regime’s party rising democratic awareness help Burma Army reformation?
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It won't be wrong to conclude that most of Burma's woes today stem from decades long military dictatorship, which have started with the military...
Peace Process in Burma: peace building or state building?
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Title of paper: Settlement in the Civil Wars of Myanmar and Sri Lanka: the Success, Failure, and Deception of the Peace Process Author: Jiwon...
PERSPECTIVE: Constitutional Amendments, Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement and November Election
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With the announcement of November 8 nationwide election, the linkage of the constitutional amendment debacle and on going problematic Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) issues...