May 2017
Jump-Starting the Stalled Peace Process
Sai Wansai | May 4, 2017 Is Revitalization of the 1961 Federal Amendment Proposal the Way to Go? Introduction: The Contemporary Impasse With the Union Peace Conference, known as the “21st Century Panglong”, rescheduled to [...]
‘The PSLF/TNLA Will Follow a Better Path than the NCA’: Joint Secretary
By MNA / BNI Online | May 5, 2017 Freelance reporter Min Tayza Aung recently sat down with Tar Parn La, the joint secretary and foreign relations officer of the Palaung State Liberation Front/Ta’ang National [...]
The Life of a Kachin Soldier
By Steve Tickner | Frontier Despite recent fighting around Laiza, morale remains upbeat for the KIA soldiers on the frontline – but many still dream of returning to a normal life when the guns of [...]
April 2017
Rivers That Fuel Armed Conflict in Kachinland?
By Lama La Rip / Kachinland News | April 10, 2017 Needless to mention that water is a source of life for human being and all life forms, and it is in fact a universal [...]
Myanmar Needs 30 Years to Get Rid of Landmines
By Myo Pyae Thin Htet Htet Naing / Mizzima | April 4, 2017 Myanmar needs to take about 30 years to eradicate landmines in the entire country, said the Humanitarian Mine Action Initiative (Myanmar) chairman Thant [...]
KNU Return to Conflict ‘Inevitable’ Without Political Dialogue: Report
By Sean Gleeson / Frontier | April 3, 2017 YANGON — The government’s most important non-state partner in the peace process risks a return to the conflict that brutalised Myanmar’s east for decades without a stronger [...]
UNFC and State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi’s Desperate Move
By Sai Wansai | Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | April 2, 2017 What has happened on March 30 when State counselor Aung San Suu Kyi hurriedly issued a statement on the heels of [...]
March 2017
Wanted: Reform that Benefits Karen Citizens
By Saw Yan Naing / The Irrawaddy | March 31, 2017 Burma’s longest running ethnic armed organization, the Karen National Union (KNU), began its struggle with a clear political purpose. It was starting a “revolution,” [...]
Ethnic Alliance in the Limbo: UNFC Disintegration Accelerated by NMSP Moves?
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | March 27, 2017 For weeks, since the Panghsang or Pangkham meeting of seven, non-signatory of Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) at the [...]
WANTED! – Karen Leader with Political Smarts, Works for the People and Listens to the People…
Karen News | March 20, 2017 The 16th Congress of the Karen National Union (KNU) is underway. Karen News spoke to Karen leaders to get their opinions on the election for a new leadership that [...]