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Photo by – ၸၢႆးၸၢမ်ႇမိူင် | IDPs in Mong Kung
March 24, 2020
GOVERNMENT’S IDP REPATRIATION PLAN: Angst of coercive return without...
Sai Wansai — Very recently, on March 14, a video podcast was uploaded on Facebook by a NGO group “Land in Our Hands” with the title of “Sorrowful...
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Kachin women’s band in northern Shan State. / Photo credit Tom Kramer (TNI)
March 7, 2020
Resolving ethnic conflict – Civic nationalism: a theoretical tool for the...
As the peoples of Myanmar commemorate Union Day this week, Sai Wansai argues that “civic nationalism” can help address the crisis in “ethnic...
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Hpa-an, Mwalamyine, Myawaddy spot on Myanmar’s map | SHAN
March 5, 2020
DEVELOPMENT: Three towns in Karen and Mon states to be upgraded
According to The Global New Light of Myanmar and Myanmar Ahlin the towns of Mawlamyine in Mon State, and Hpa-An and Myawaddy in Karen State along the...
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Upper house session on Kengtung palace return
February 29, 2020
Rejection of Kengtung Palace land appeal shows callous disregard for...
The Burmese government’s recent rejection of community appeals for the return of the former Kengtung Palace site in eastern Shan State directly...
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February 29, 2020
GOING BACK TO PRE-PANGLONG PERIOD: Voting rights for 90 days residence and...
On February 20, the Lower House debated the Union Election Commission’s (UEC) to change in the UEC’s proposal to stipulate a residency requirement of...
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February 24, 2020
SHAN UNITY: An Impossible Dream?
A lot of Shan patriots and as well ordinary Shan citizens have been pondering on how unity could be achieved among the four stakeholder parties, the...
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Myanmar state counsellor and chairperson of National League for Democracy (NLD) Aung San Suu Kyi met Nagas in Sagaing Region in Myanmae recently. Image – Northeast Now | nenow.in
February 19, 2020
ANOTHER INTER-ETHNIC CONFLICT BREWING?: Naga territorial expansion urge...
Indications are that another inter-ethnic conflict might be brewing in the north-west corner of the country, namely in Sagaing Region, part of the...
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Aung San Suu Kyi on 73rd anniversary of the Union Day celebration in Panglong | statecounsellor.gov.mm/
February 17, 2020
SPEECHES OF STATE COUNSELOR AND PRESIDENT: Union Spirit, ongoing armed...
Sai Wansai — In February three speeches given by State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint, on 12 and 13 respectively, should be...
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Impression of the 1947 Panglong Conference (photo credit: Shan Herald Agency for News)
February 13, 2020
UNION DAY: A day to rejoice or mourn?
Today is the 73rd anniversary of Union Day, which marks the signing of historic Panglong Agreement on the 12 February 1947 between the Kachin, Chin...
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Bangkok Post | Pedestrians wearing face masks cross a road during the Lunar New Year of the Rat public holiday in Hong Kong on Jan 27 as a preventative measure following the coronavirus outbreak which began in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
February 6, 2020
NOVEL CORONAVIRUS: Implications of Shan and Kachin States 
Sai Wansai — When novel coronavirus exploded with a vengeance in China’s Wuhan, Hubei Province, the first worry for the people of Burma or Myanmar is...
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February 4, 2020
Shan National Day, Union Day and Constitutional Amendment
By Sai Wansai - Even though coronavirus epidemic has been making the headlines and doesn’t seem to become a yesterday news anytime soon, having a...
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December 16, 2019
GAMBIA VERSUS MYANMAR: International Court of Justice Blues
The three-day International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearing from December 10 to 12 – in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the...