Mindfulness in Revolution

Being an eye witness of the 8888 democracy movement and have overheard the talking of some of the retired generals, I have come to understand the Burmese army strategy of patiently waiting for the opportune moment,

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  • Published: 2007-09-25

Yawdserk salutes Burma's monks

Col Yawdserk, leader of the anti-junta Shan State Army (SSA) South, has voiced his support for the monks who had since 18 September declared the patta-nukkujjana kamma (the act of overturning the bowl) to Burma's military rulers.

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  • Published: 2007-09-21

Wa throws cordon round domain

Reports recently received by S.H.A.N. says Wa forces along the Sino-Burma border areas have fanned out along the fringes of their territory following demand by Burma's military rulers to lay down their arms in mid-July.

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  • Published: 2007-09-17

National reconciliation key to resolution

Without peace and national reconciliation, there is no way of eradicating opium in Burma, concluded a forum participated by the UN drug agency, activists and journalists at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT) that was held last Wednesday, 12 September.

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  • Published: 2007-09-16

Non-protest in Shan State not indifference

Since mid August, protests against skyhigh fuel prices have been going on in the rest of Burma but not in Shan State, which does not mean the people here are unfeeling to other people's sufferings, say residents of Tachilek, opposite Thailand's Maesai, yesterday.

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  • Published: 2007-09-06

Upsurge across the border expected

The Golden Triangle, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC), may be almost opium free, but areas along the Thai-Burma border appear to have no inkling of it, says a report that recently reached S.H.A.N.

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  • Published: 2007-09-05