Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | August 28, 2017 Myanmar’s Peace Process: Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration, Borderland Economies, Service Delivery, and other Post-Panglong Concerns (Part I) Editor’s Note: The following is the first part of a three part series to be featured [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | August 14, 2017 Again, the official sixth meeting between the United Nationalities Federal Council’s (UNFC) Delegation for Political Dialogue (DPN) and the government’s Peace Commission (PC) held from [...]
By Min Aung Htoo Naing / Mon News Agency (MNA) | August 10, 2017 In his opening speech to members of the government Peace Commission, Khu Oo Reh of the Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN) said that after months of [...]
By Palaung State Liberation Front (PSLF) | August 7, 2017 1. The Palaung State Liberation Front’s (PSLF/TNLA) Central Committee (CC) 6- monthly meeting was held for four days, from July 27 to 30. The CC meeting was successfully held and [...]
By Mary Win / Ethnic Nationalities Affairs Center (Union of Burma) | August 3, 2017 After a wave of resignations, especially of bulwark member Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), most observers thought the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) might not [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | August 3, 2017 Looking at the ongoing peace process one couldn’t help but to conclude that it is indeed entering a period of stagnation and State Counselor Aung [...]
By Edith Mirante / The Irrawaddy | August 2, 2017 The Tatmadaw—Myanmar’s armed forces—should withdraw its bases from ethnic regions where its presence continues to be linked to human rights violations and resource grabbing. Troop withdrawal is not to [...]
The Irrawaddy | July 29, 2017 Ye Ni: Welcome to Dateline Irrawaddy! This week, we discuss the latest developments in Shan and Kachin states and their impacts on politics and the country’s peace process. The Irrawaddy news crew members Ko [...]
Progressive Voice (PV) | July 26, 2017 Last Friday, 21 July, 2017, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar,[1] Ms. Yanghee Lee, concluded her third country visit under the National League for Democracy (NLD)-led Government. Her [...]
By Nan Lwin Hnin Pwint / The Irrawaddy | July 26, 2017 YANGON — Myanmar’s State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and the Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) held talks on the resettlement and schooling of internally displaced persons [...]