Opinion
Photo: Union Peace Conference The much awaited third 21st Century Panglong, officially known as Union Peace Conference – 21st Century Panglong (UPC – 21CP) was held in Nay Pyi Taw from July 11 to 16. Actually, the first UPC, without the suffix 21CP, was conducted by the Thein Sein regime in January 2016. But when […]
The 1994 ceasefire forged between the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) and the military government of Myanmar came to an abrupt end on June 9, 2011, when a KIA outpost was attacked by the Tatmadaw or Burma Army. Tensions had been simmering ever since the KIO rejected the government’s Border Guard Force Plan which would have […]
As Director general of the State Counselor Office Zaw Htay’s official answer of May 2017, regarding Panglong Agreement query, resurfaced again on Facebook one year later, it is essential to again clarify the ethnic nationalities position, especially for those who have been engaged in the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA)-based ongoing peace negotiation process. The question […]
As the peace movement gains momentum the war in ethnic states are also intensifying threatening to push the country back to square one and put an end to the peace negotiation process that has been in stagnation despite the fact that the National League for Democracy (NLD) regime has made it the cornerstone of its […]
Photo Credit: KNU KNLA When clashes broke out between the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), armed wing of the Karen National Union (KNU), and the Myanmar Army (Tatmadaw) from March 4 to 8 in Papun (Mudraw) Township, Karen State, forcing some 2000 Karen villagers to flee, due to the Tatmadaw’s road building in the area, […]
When Thein Sein-headed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) came into power, following the 2010 nationwide election, people were skeptical what would come out of the civilian-military regime, as the opposition mainstream party like National League for Democracy (NLD) and well known ethnic political party like Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) boycotted the election, […]
