To Hopeland and Back (Part XII) Day 17
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Day Seventeen. Tuesday, 31 March 2015 The highlight of the day is the visit by the President himself “to pull a propaganda coup”, according to...
To Hopeland and Back (Part XII) Day 16
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Day Sixteen. Monday, 30 March 2015 So after an 8-day suspense, we are all back. My worries, fortunately, have not taken shape. The 7th NCA...
To Hopeland and Back (Part XII) Day 8
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Day Eight. Sunday, 22 March 2015 I hope the officials are not fooling us when they tell us there are 913 “national races”, according to...
To Hopeland and Back (Part XII) Day 7
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Day seven. Saturday, 21 March 2015 The 5th session of the meeting today begins with encouraging opening remarks from Nai Hong Sa, the NCCT leader: All...
To Hopeland and Back (Part XII) Day 6
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Day Six Friday, 20 March 2015 The one thing the NCCT and its government counterpart, the UPWC, do each time they run into a hitch...
To Hopeland and Back (Part XII) Day 5
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Day Five. Thursday, 19 March 20115 Today the first thing I hear before entering the meeting hall is Yup Zau Hkawng giving a slick answer...
War in Kokang must stop, if ongoing peace process is to be preserved and nurtured
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Quite a lot has happened, in the aftermath of the fifth Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) draft completion or accomplishment, ready for signing or ratification,...
Behind the regime’s over-dramatization of nationwide ceasefire agreement draft
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On 31st March, the fifth Single Text, Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) draft supposed to be a “historic break-through” and paved way for the gradual,...
To Hopeland and Back (Part XII) Here comes the Second Labor of Hercules
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Day Four. Wednesday, 18 March 2015 Today the discussion focuses on Code of Conduct (COC) and joint monitoring of ceasefires. It takes some time because some...
To Hopeland and Back (Part XII): Here comes the Second Labor of Hercules
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Day Three. Tuesday, 17 March 2015 A lot of things happened which may be relevant to the outcome of the UPWC-NCCT meeting that begins at...