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Even though their political views may be radically different, both the Burmese Military Government (BMG) and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi have frequently reinforced the need for solidarity among ethnic groups. From its onset, the BMG has highlighted the need for solidarity as two of the three national causes – non-disintegration of the union and […]
Since 1947, the Panglong Agreement, the foundational document of Burma, has been an unfulfilled promise and unrealized dream. However, it has been a powerful myth that shadows Burmese political atmosphere. Many ethnic resistance groups, including KIA, invoke Panglong and demand the successive governments to fulfill the promise of Panglong. On the other hand, while continually […]
In recent “peace talk” between KIA and Burmese Military Government (BMG) that took place on the 30th of July, 2011, the BMG’s representative Col. Than Aung repeatedly used the image of a father and his children to explain the relationship between the BMG and KIA. Of course, the image of a father represents the BMG […]
The KIA spoke-person La Nan has recently commented on Kachin News Group that Burmese military government only wants to “talk peace, not political resolution” in its approach to KIA. It is a century-old rhetoric of the dominant party “to talk peace” since the Roman Empire. For example, the Romans frequently claimed that the existence of […]
Growing numbers of Kachins are calling for independence rather than a federal union based on their experiences and relations with Burmese military government for more than half a century. As the name well suggested, the original goal of Kachin Independence Army since its formation on the 5th of February 1961 is to establish an independent Kachin Land […]
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