Defining indigenousness in Burma context: The case of Kokangnese
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Just recently, on 26 May, a piece of interview, conducted by The Irrawady with the spokesperson of Ethnic Affairs Ministry and Deputy Secretary U...
To Hopeland and Back: The 20th trip
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Day Three. Wednesday 25 May 2016 Only do not contend And you will not go wrong. Tao Te Ching (Book of The Way and its Derivative), Chapter...
Tripartite dialogue revisited or shifting alliance?
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The Aung San Suu Kyi-headed Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC), which is made up of Union Government, Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) and Political...
To Hopeland and Back: The 20th trip
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Day Two. Tuesday, 24 May 2016 When no credit is taken Accomplishment endures. Tao Te Ching (Book of The Way and its Derivative), Chapter Two I don’t have...
To Hopeland and Back: The 20th trip
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The latest visit was the result of the invitation from the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) and Karen National Union/Karen National...
Suu Kyi’s 21st Century Panglong Convention: Old wine in a new bottle?
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Two issues regarding the plight of the Muslim in Arakan State and heightened armed conflict in Kachin and Shan States dominated the political arena...
REBUTTAL: On Secession Clause and Panglong Agreement
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Lately, quite a number of non-Bamar ethnic leaders and people in general were airing their opinions that the 1947 Panglong Agreement didn't mention “secession”...
Doublespeak of Commander-in-Chief could derail national reconciliation process
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When the Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing declared quite recently that he was toeing the line of Aung San Suu Kyi's 21st Century Panglong initiative,...
The Meaning of “Bamar one Kyat, Shan one Kyat”
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Last Saturday, 14 May, I was invited to attend a workshop on briefing papers for decision-makers organized by the Chiangmai –based Ethnic Nationalities Affairs...
Academic to EAOs: Time to make up your mind about what you want
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For the umpteenth time since the peace process began in 2011, experts, domestic and foreign alike, have urged both ethnic political parties and ethnic...
