Mon News Agency (MNA) | July 21, 2017 The government’s Peace Commission will meet next month with negotiators from an umbrella organization representing ethnic armed groups that have not yet signed the ceasefire in the hopes of swaying additional [...]
By Min Thu Tha / Mon News Agency | July 11, 2017 Too many disparate factions are crowding the peace negotiations, according to the head of an ethnic umbrella organization. Nai Hong Sar, chair of the United Nationalities Federal Council [...]
Burma Link | July 10, 2017 Twan Zaw has been working with the Arakan National Council (ANC) since 2004, and as the General Secretary since 2010. Twan Zaw joined the ANC as one of the representatives of the All [...]
Frontier Myanmar | July 07, 2017 Rather than acting as apologists for the military, the government and NLD should tackle the real issues raised by the arrest of three journalists last week. SINCE THE arrest by the Tatmadaw of three [...]
Frontier Myanmar | July 06, 2017 The NLD has not only made little progress on the National Land Use Law, it has also shown little inclination to follow the policy. OF ALL the legacy challenges facing the current government, [...]
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) | June 20, 2017 Today the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) commemorates World Refugee Day and the estimated 65 million asylum-seekers and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) around the world. Despite ongoing political [...]
Roland Watson / Dictator Watch | June 11, 2017 Burma has now had its third peace conference. The first, in January 2016, was organized by former President Thein Sein, who to this day is also a top general in [...]
Kachin Global Action Statement | June 9, 2017 Children born on the day civil war reignited in Kachin State are now starting their first grade in school, this week. Thousands of IDPs from a total of over 120,000 have fled, [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | May 29, 2017 The second Union Peace Conference – 21stCentury Panglong (UPC-21CP) was held by the National League for Democracy (NLD) government from May 24 until 29, one [...]
By Sithu Aung Myint / Frontier Myanmar | May 28, 2017 Constitutional reform was once the overriding priority of the National League for Democracy but the party has put the issue on the back burner since it formed government. [...]