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September 5, 2016

Suu Kyi has repeatedly said just that and recently, during her China visit, she reiterated this again when taking to the press: “If you ask me...

Ethnic groups’ flags seen flying by one another at Mai Ja Yang summit (Photo: Kachinland News)
September 2, 2016

Since the above preamble was written over 60 years ago, ethnic armed conflict has yet to be resolved. However, the peace process is under...

UK Minister Rory Stewart. Photo: GOV.UK
August 29, 2016

In an exclusive interview with Mizzima, the UK Minister of State at the Department for International Development offered a brief insight into the...

August 29, 2016

The rationale for the boycott position is as follows. It is worth restating, since without changes by the Burma Army, and Aung San Suu Kyi, the...

Prof. Jayati Ghosh. Photo: UCL/Youtube
August 25, 2016

They have been invited by Action Aid Myanmar and the Mizzima Media Group for discussions in Nay Pyi Taw and Yangon from August 25-27.

In...

August 24, 2016

Monsoon rains drench the cluster of small bamboo huts clinging to the sides of the Salween River bank that separates Thailand from Myanmar. The...

August 23, 2016

One common understanding coming out of  this is the Chinese and as well Suu Kyi are of the same opinion, that absence of armed conflict and...

August 19, 2016

In the first part of this article, I explained where I thought the notions associated with the so-called “Panglong Spirit” came from, where...

August 17, 2016

Starting with the Chinese envoy fact-finding and lobbying tour to Kachin State in June to the recent   Minister of the International Department of...

NLD Chairperson/Facebook
August 17, 2016

Both countries understand well the importance of swift normalisation of bilateral ties, which have been marred by a series of issues related to...

Myanmar’s State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi (C) holds talks with leaders from the United Nationalities Federal Council at the National Reconciliation and Peace Center in Yangon, July 17, 2016. (Photo: RFA)
August 16, 2016

The reason why she is right where she is now, as she told them, is because she had herself taken just that: a calculated risk, the word meaning,...

CSOs representatives presented at regional civil society forums in Mon State, in 2014 (Photo: HURFOM)
August 16, 2016

In recent weeks, CSO leaders and representatives actively engaged with peace movement and other human rights campaigns in various fields such as...

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