Op-ed

September 7, 2016
Generally, the China-Myanmar Joint Press Release or Statement of 20 August 2016 is seen as a diplomatic procedure normally issued after the end of a...
September 5, 2016
The Union Peace Conference – 21st Century Panglong (UPC-21CP), held from 31 August to 3 September, was supposed to be Aung San Suu Kyi’s deliberation...
Ethnic groups’ flags seen flying by one another at Mai Ja Yang summit (Photo: Kachinland News)
September 2, 2016
Preamble: We, the people of Burma, including the frontier areas and the Karenni states, are determined to establish in strength and unity a sovereign...
August 29, 2016
The UNFC has announced that it will attend the upcoming Burma peace conference. I have previously presented reasons for boycotting the conference,...
August 24, 2016
Despite the recent change of government, displaced Karen people hold little hope for justice while Myanmar’s military maintains its presence in...
August 23, 2016
As Aung San Suu Kyi’s first visit, outside of the ASEAN countries, her call on China is an important undertaking in shaping, reiterating and...
August 19, 2016
Editor’s Note: Today’s post is a follow-up to a previous post, “‘Panglong Spirit’ under the 2008 Constitution,” which was written by Mael Raynaud as...
August 17, 2016
Lately the Chinese charm offensive in the new era of Aung San Suu Kyi’s NLD regime has been visibly in full swing.
NLD Chairperson/Facebook
August 17, 2016
For State Councillor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi, the upcoming visit to China (17-19 August) will be the most significant foreign trip ever...
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
Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash. General George S.Patton (1885-1945) “Please take a chance on the NCA (Nationwide...
CSOs representatives presented at regional civil society forums in Mon State, in 2014 (Photo: HURFOM)
August 16, 2016
The role of Civil Society Organizations emerged in Burma during the late 1990s led by students and citizen journalists in Yangon. The term “CSO” has...
August 13, 2016
True to her conviction and Aung San Suu Kyi determined to keep up with her self-drawn timeline, Union Peace Conference (UPC) will be held on 31st...