November 2017
The Geopolitics of Rakhine
By Annabelle Heugas / Mizzima | October 31, 2017 It is commonly reported that the ‘international community’ is outraged by the ongoing crisis in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. Indeed, Myanmar’s handling of the situation since its [...]
October 2017
Northern Alliance and Govt Fail to Meet for Peace
Written by Zeyar Maw/Mizzima News | October 30,2017 The Myanmar Government and the Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) based in northern Myanmar had meetings for five months but two-party talks have yet to materialize. With intervention [...]
Bogalay Massacres Should be Investigated and Commemorated
By Mark Farmaner/Karen News | October 29, 2017 This month another forgotten anniversary is passing by without official acknowledgement. The 8th of August 1988 is remembered for the nationwide protests and crackdown which followed. Troops [...]
Govt to Provide Aid to Displaced Persons
By Nan Lwin Hnin Pwint & Nyein Nyein/The Irrawaddy | October 27, 2017 YANGON – The Myanmar government will provide food supplies for internally displaced persons (IDPs) if requested, said U Zaw Htay, director-general of the [...]
Network Established to Protect Four Mountains in Karen, Mon States
Saw Khar Su Nyar/Karen News | October 28, 2017 Amid increasing quarrying projects that threaten to destroy the natural environment, residents have banded together to form a conservation network protecting mountains in Karen and Mon [...]
Extractive Industries Aggravating Local Conflicts, Ethnic Researchers Warn
By Hein Ko Soe / Frontier Myanmar | October 27, 2017 YANGON - Ethnic minority researchers have called on the government to halt and review planned natural resource extraction projects in minority areas to avoid [...]
Rakhine Crisis in Numbers
By Moe Myint / The Irrawaddy | October 24, 2017 YANGON — Since Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) attacked police outposts in northern Rakhine State on Aug. 25, security personnel and hundreds of militants have been killed, but [...]
UNFC and Peace Commission Optimistic After Latest Peace Talks
Burma News International (BNI) / Network Media Group (NMG) | October 25, 2017 Ethnic negotiators say headway has been made in their latest peace talks, with agreements reached on all but one of the eight [...]
Military Orders SSPP/SSA Retreat from Shan State Road
Burma News International/Shan Herald Agency for News | October 23,2017 Tensions are running high in Shan State, after the Tatamdaw ordered the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) to retreat from positions along the [...]
Reassessing the Role of Myanmar’s Powerful Military
Kyaw Zwa Moe/The Irrawaddy| October 23, 2017 Without the military’s collaboration, the democratic transition in Myanmar will go nowhere. Like it or not, it’s the realpolitik of the country and no one can discard that [...]