Burma Top trio’s Independence Day messages, breaching of NCA and the Union Peace Conference
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As Burma makes a rocky new year start, with the Burma Army (Tatmadaw) attacking a position of Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army...
The NCA: Let not one rotten fish fill the whole boat with foul smell
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It was Lincoln who once said, “If a man ceases to attack me, I never remember the past against him.” The implication is crystal clear....
NATIONAL RECONCILIATION: Is NLD treating the ethnic nationalities as insignificant?
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Actually Aung San Suu Kyi's plate is full even before her government in waiting takes up position. Aside from having to work on the...
Peace Process: Time for non-signatories to make up their mind
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Following the landslide victory of the National League for Democracy, the ethnic armed organizations (EAOs), both signatories and non-signatories, had hailed it as a...
Former activist sees ‘the good, the bad and the cloudy’ in the peace process
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According to Aung Thu Nyein, former 8888 activist and exile, during a seminar in Bangkok last Monday, 21 December, a lot of good things...
To Hopeland and Back: The bare bones for peace talks – Day Five
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Day Five. Thursday 17 December 2015
Hate cannot drive out hate.
Only love can do that.
(Martin Luther King Jr.)
Today, the UPDJC meets again to discuss the...
To Hopeland and Back: The bare bones for peace talks—Day 4
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Day Four: Wednesday, December 16, 2015
All wars represent a failure of diplomacy.
Tony Benn
The third Joint Implementation Coordinating Meeting (JICM) begins earlier than usual at...
To Hopeland and Back: The bare bones for peace talks—Day 3
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Day 3: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 In war, we join hands with friends to fight against enemies
In peace, we join hands with friends to talk...
To Hopeland and Back: The bare bones for peace talks – Day Two
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Day Two: Monday, December 14, 2015
Peace is not something you wish for.
It is something you make, something you are,
Something you do, and something you...
To Hopeland and Back: The bare bones for peace talks
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My last journal ended with the formation of the enlarged Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) with the inclusion of the political parties and...
