Burma Link | January 30, 2019 After more than seven months’ delay, the third session of the 21st Century Panglong Conference (21CPC), taking place in July 2018, excluded discussions on contentious issues such as non-secession, self-determination, and ethnic rights. [...]
Burma Link | January 23, 2019 Despite the years-long peace process and the October 2015 signing of the ‘Nationwide’ Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), Burma’s civil society organizations continue to be significantly underrepresented in peace negotiations and largely excluded from the [...]
By Ashley South / Frontier Myanmar | November 23, 2018 The greatest challenge in the peace process is transforming the hearts and minds of the Bamar majority, against the spectre of populism. WHEN THE National League for Democracy-led government [...]
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | November 19, 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand — Myanmar government peace negotiators and the Karen National Union (KNU) have vowed to resume formal peace talks as quickly as possible, after they were postponed [...]
Network Media Group / BNI Online | November 17, 2018 Civil society organizations, political parties, and armed groups have said that armed conflict is increasing in northern Shan State, and has been on the rise since the signing of [...]
By Naw Betty Han / Myanmar Times | November 16, 2018 Myanmar's Peace Commission and the leaders of armed ethnic groups that have signed the government’s Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) will hold an informal meeting in Chiang Mai, Thailand, this [...]
Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | November 13, 2018 Shan State, Burma The Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army-South (RCSS/SSA-S) has defended itself against attacks by the Burma Army, despite being a signatory of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement [...]
By Ye Mon / Frontier Myanmar | November 12, 2018 YANGON — The government’s Union Peace Commission has scheduled a meeting in Nay Pyi Taw this week to address the recent decision by the two largest ethnic signatories to [...]
Karen National Union (KNU) Headquarters | November 10, 2018 The 6th Central Standing Committee Emergency meeting of Karen National Union (KNU) was held from 6th to 10th November, 2018 in Lay fah, Hpa-an District. Eighty-eight participants, including Central Executive Committee [...]
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | November 6, 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand—The Karen National Union (KNU) convened an emergency meeting of its Central Standing Committee to review the state of the peace process at its headquarters in Lay [...]