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April 30, 2019 KLN

Fighting rages as representatives meet for peace talks in Muse

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April 23, 2019 KLN

Burmese military overrun KIA’s 36th Battalion base

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February 24, 2019 KLN

KIO objects to UNODC’s report on opium cultivation

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February 5, 2019 KLN

KIO reaffirms its federal goal on anniversary of revolution

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January 19, 2019 KLN

Four years on, still no justice for the two teachers

Fighting rages as representatives meet for peace talks in Muse
Burmese military overrun KIA’s 36th Battalion base
KIO objects to UNODC’s report on opium cultivation
KIO reaffirms its federal goal on anniversary of revolution
Four years on, still no justice for the two teachers

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Transformation of an Entrenched Political System: The Need for International Responsibility in Myanmar August 13, 2019
A 48-year-old mother of two strangled to death by Burma Army soldiers July 5, 2019
Battles rage as Burma Army troops approach KIA’s 34th Battalion headquarters May 9, 2019
KIA troops attack BA’s 99th LID troops May 2, 2019
Fighting rages as representatives meet for peace talks in Muse April 30, 2019
Battle rages at Lau Shi village April 27, 2019
KIA’s 8th Battalion and BA’s 69th LIB troops battled at Kawng Ai Da Nam April 26, 2019

Peace Process

Maran Brang Seng and KIO’s Peace Efforts II

October 26, 2015 KLN

Maran Brang Seng and KIO’s Peace Efforts I
Pondering the Future of Burma’s Peace Process
Memoirs of Kachin Peace Efforts (1994)
Memoirs of Kachin Peace Efforts (1963-1981)
Battles Rage in Ethnic Lands as Ceasefire Talks Stall

Opinion/Analysis

Transformation of an Entrenched Political System: The Need for International Responsibility in Myanmar

August 13, 2019 Lahpai Seng Raw

Photo by Hkun Li In January 2009, Haruki Murakami received the Jerusalem Prize, a biennial literary award given to writers whose work deals with themes of human freedom, society, politics and government. In his acceptance speech Murakami spoke of the “System” which oppresses us. He said: “Each of us possesses a tangible living soul. The […]

Save the Irrawaddy by Offering Compensation

April 20, 2019 Lahpai Seng Raw

(English version of remarks delivered by panelist Lahpai Seng Raw on the public discussion event at Novotel-Yangon, on April 20, 2019) I am from Myitkyina, a Kachin, born and bred in the town just 27 miles downstream from where the Mali and NMai Rivers merge to form the great Irrawaddy, life blood of our nation. […]

China’s Belt Road Initiative: A Cautionary Tale for the Kachin

December 22, 2018 Lahpai Seng Raw

A Memorandum of Understanding to establish the China Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC) was signed by the governments of Myanmar and China in September 2018. The CMEC forms part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a 21st century reimagining of the ancient Silk Road, the network of land and sea trade routes that once linked […]

National Reconciliation and the Advancement of Peace in Myanmar

November 30, 2018 Lahpai Seng Raw

“A church that doesn’t provoke any crises, a gospel that doesn’t unsettle, a word of God that doesn’t get under anyone’s skin, a word of God that doesn’t touch the real sin of the society in which it is being proclaimed – what gospel is that?” -Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador 16 April 1978 […]

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