Refugees too distrustful of government to go home
Following a series of attack on Shan State Army (SSA) Task Force 701 base on Sino-Burma border by the Burma Army two weeks ago, which sent thousands of refugees to China, although the fight was over, people are...
Wa will not budge from Thai border areas
The United Wa State Army (UWSA) and the people it had brought down from the Sino-Burmese border will not move house back from the Thai-Burmese border areas where it has been allowed to reside since the 1990s, a...
ABSDF, government meet for peace talks
It is reported that as the government did not provide travel arrangement for the All Burma Student Democratic Front (ABSDF) representatives from northern region based in Kachin Ind...
Ceasefires facilitating land grabs: Think tank
A briefing paper jointly published earlier this month by the Netherlands-based think tank groups has asserted that new ceasefires that have been signed since 2011 have further faci...
White Tiger against PR system
Proportional Representation (PR) system which has been practiced by many western countries, may not be appropriate or suited for Burma in the current political situation as majorit...
Government militia against police
On 13 May, on a highway linking with Sino-Burma border, at Namkham, a shootout incident has occurred between a unit of Myanmar police and Panhsay militia men, following some argume...
Guatemala: A relevant case study for Burma
Guatemala, a Latin American country neighboring the better known Mexico, is in many ways similar to Burma, according to a Spanish academic from The Netherlands based International ...
Looking for a different ending
Sai Hsai (not his real name), who just turned 15 last month, from a village 25 miles west of Shan State North’s Mongmit (Moemeik) township, is well known by everyone from his village and surrounding villages.
Thein Sein and China must stop pipeline project to prevent escalation of conflict in northern Shan State
May 22, 2013
Press release by Shan community based organisations
Shan community based groups warn that recent Burmese government army attacks in northern Shan State, causing displacement of over 3,000 villagers, are directly linked to China’s oil and...
To Hopeland and Back # 5
Last evening I was reading a book, when I ran across one of the characters named Capistrano. Without thinking, the words of the long forgotten song sung by Pat Boone flowed in:
When the swallows come back to Capistrano
That’s the day you’d promised...
Weekly Diary, No.630 (6-12 May 2013)
- ANOTHER BLATANT CEASEFIRE VIOLATION!
- THE LADY: CHAPTER 12 MUST BE AMENDED FIRST!
- GOVT PEACE NEGOTIATORS VISIT SHAN STATE!
- DALAI LAMA LAMENTS KILLING IN THE NAME OF BUDDHISM!
- INDONESIAN TERRORISTS MEAN BUSINESS!
RCSS/SSA and UWSA smoke peace pipe
The following photos are from the United Wa State Army. The two sides first held their first meeting on 16 September 2012. The second meeting was on 28-29 December 2012.
2014 census: Time to play it straight
One of the aspects of the upcoming census in 2014 that will more or less keep the non-Burman leaders’ adrenaline flowing less than a year from now is the question: How minor are we population-wise?
The answer is clear: the results of a proper head c...
UWSA set detained 16 Lisu free
United Wa State Army (UWSA) has set 16 Lisu Thai citizens, whom it had detained on May 12 free, according to the Thai-Burmese border local news sources.
Among those released is the village headman of Paeksaem village; Piang Luang Tract, Wiang Haeng Di...
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