Op-ed

November 28, 2017
On 21 November, the 55th memorial anniversary service of the death of the first president of the Union of Burma, Sao Shwe Thaik was held in...
October 31, 2017
This month another forgotten anniversary is passing by without official acknowledgement.
Group photo of representatives at 2nd anniversary of NCA signing (Photo: KNU)
October 17, 2017
The second anniversary of Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) was held on 15 October 2017 in Naypyitaw at the Myanmar International Convention...
Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, who also serves as the chair of the National Reconciliation and Peace Centre, held a discussion with a delegation led by General Yawd Serk, the chair of the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army, at the NRPC in Nay Pyi Taw (Photo: Global New Light of Myanmar)
September 20, 2017
Everyman is my superior in some way In that I learn from him.
September 20, 2017
Many might have thought that, with the ongoing and growing problematic in Rakhine State reaching international height that has caught United Nations...
September 6, 2017
While the conflict situation in Arakan State is making international headlines, a little less known catastrophe in the making is brewing along the...
rrawaddy journalist Lawi Weng, who was detained in Shan State on Jun 28 of this year (Photo: Steve Tickner/Facebook)
August 28, 2017
Personal reflection and perspective The fact that I can be considered a public intellectual now is a small wonder. As a Mon child born into a rural...
Union Peace Commission (PC), on the right, meeting today with the Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN), on the left, in Chiangmai. (Photo: NMG)
August 4, 2017
<p>Today&rsquo;s informal meeting between Naypyitaw&rsquo;s Peace Commission delegation and the United Nationalities Federal Council...
July 26, 2017
(30 May-2 July 2017) Everyman is my superior in some way In that I learn from him. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) Yes, I have been guilty of...
July 25, 2017
When the Shan’s Committee for Shan State Unity (CSSU) has to withhold its meeting that was planned to take place from 20 to 22 July by the Burmese...
July 18, 2017
Within just a little more than two months, the Tatmadaw or the Military has complained twice in a row of the National League for Democracy’s (NLD)...
July 4, 2017
Myanmar is a country rich in literature, culture and art, drawn on 3,000 years of civilization in Southeast Asia. The country’s myriad ethnic groups...