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Learning to share About low hanging fruits

Day Three, Friday, 5 August 2016 When you take refuge with the elephant You need to be afraid of the buffalo When you take refuge with the...

Learning to share: About low hanging fruits

Good speech makes no one feel bad  Bad speech makes no one feel good (Shan proverb) Today’s session begins with yesterday’s exercise results from 4 discussion groups....

Learning to share: About low hanging fruits

From 3-6 August, I went to attend a marathon series of workshops and a brainstorming session. Firstly, on the merging of hither to hostile...

BREWING DEBATE: Implications of Aung San Suu Kyi’s Clarification on Panglong Agreement and Spirit

Aung San Suu Kyi's position has been that Panglong Agreement is not important enough but it's spirit is the propelling factor that has facilitated...

BURMA’S PEACE PROCESS AT CROSSROAD: The Northern Alliance Connection

During the last few weeks quite a lot of activities have been seen trying to address the upcoming 21st Century Panglong Agreement (21CPC), also...

Mai Ja Yang EAOs’ Plenary Meeting: Successful but need time to iron out common positions

The controversial and much talked about Ethnic Armed Organizations' (EAOs) Plenary Meeting in Mai Ja Yang, Kachin Independence Organization's (KIO) controlled town near Chinese...

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Extra-judicial killings in Shan State: Military’s rare guilt admission signalling a change of heart?

In a surprise move, Lt-Gen Mya Tun Oo, the serving chief of Burma’s military intelligence, confirmed on 20 July that government soldiers were indeed...

Rule of law within the context of military-drafted constitution

Aung San Suu Kyi on a lot of occasions said that the rule of law within the context of military-drafted, 2008 constitution should be...

State Counselor’s words: Lost in transmission?

The speech of the Buddha was without defect: True, beneficial, and pleasing to others. This speech the Buddha used on many occasions. True, beneficial,...

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