Yanghee Lee & Debby Sze Wan Chan/Frontier Myanmar | November 11, 2017 An inclusive and deliberative approach to addressing the Myitsone Dam dispute can showcase the government’s commitment to genuine change as well as the peace process. LIKE MANY [...]
Karen Organization of the United States of America (KOUSA) | November 9, 2017 On November 6, 2017, nearly 10,000 Karen people gathered from around the United States for Karen Day in Washington DC. This was a historic day for [...]
Karen Peace Support Network (KPSN) | November 6, 2017 The Karen Peace Support Network (KPSN) fully supports the gathering of Karen people and their supporters in Washington, D.C. today. We support the goals established by the Karen gathering to [...]
By Lawi Weng/The Irrawaddy | November 8, 2017 The New Mon State Party (NMSP) has an isolated armed group in the southern part on the country in Mon State. The group has not signed the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) [...]
By Saw Shar/Karen News | November 7, 2017 Karen organizations are accusing the government of abusing the ceasefire process to take advantage of investment opportunities with little regard for potential consequences to the environment or the local population. The [...]
Karen Women's Organization (KWO) | November 6, 2017 The Karen Women’s Organization and our 60,000 members support the effort of Karen people in the United States to shed light on the plight of our people and others in Burma. We know that the [...]
Burma Campaign UK | November 3, 2017 November 2, 2017 The Honorable Rex Tillerson Secretary of State U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520 The Honorable Steven Mnuchin Secretary of the Treasury U.S. Department of [...]
Ethnic Nationalities Affairs Center (EANC) News Brief No. 24 | November 6, 2017 The Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN) and Peace Commission (PC) held their 7th meeting at the National Reconciliation and Peace Center (NRPC) in Yangon from 23-24 [...]
By Sai Wansai/Shan Herald News Agency | November 1, 2017 Two important meetings that would likely help move forward the stalled peace process were held between the government’s Peace Council (PC) and the United Nationalities Federal Council’s (UNFC) Delegation [...]
By Min Aung Htoo Naing/Mon News Agency | November 1, 2017 Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has set a 2018 deadline for drawing the hotly contested fault lines of ethnic political autonomy in Myanmar’s future federal Union. The state counsellor [...]