May 2016
Doublespeak of Commander-In-Chief Could Derail National Reconciliation Process
Opinion Article by Sai Wansai, Shan Herald News Agency (SHAN) | May 17, 2016 When the Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing declared quite recently that he was toeing the line of Aung San Suu Kyi’s 21st Century [...]
Have Ethnic Groups Lost Faith in the NLD?
By Nang Seng Nom / The Irrawaddy | May 14, 2016 The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) stood by Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) for many years in its opposition to the [...]
Ethnic Affairs Minister: The Mandate and Its Executive Power from the Lady’s Lips
By Wagaru Mon, Mon News Agency (MNA) | May 12, 2016 A ministerial post is a role of honor and privilege to the person appointed by an elected government in Burma, also known as Myanmar. Burma’s [...]
How the NLD Can Fulfill Its Promise of Peace
By Bertil Lintner/The Irrawaddy | May 6, 2016 Burma’s new government has declared that finding a solution to the country’s decades-long civil war is one of its top priorities. That is clearly in line with [...]
Leaders Respond to Suu Kyi’s Call for Second Panglong Conference
By Nang Seng Nom, The Irrawaddy | April 29, 2016 RANGOON — Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma’s state counselor and de facto leader of the new National League for Democracy (NLD) government, met with the Joint [...]
April 2016
From Rhetoric to Action: How an NLD-Led Government Can Put Federalism into Practice
By Salai Ceu Bik Thawng, Chin National Democratic Party (CNDP) | April 17, 2016 When President U Htin Kyaw in his inaugural speech to the nation talked about the NLD-led government's commitment to federalism, almost everyone had [...]
Differences and Implications of a Declared Independence and Granted Independence
By Kaka D. Iralu, Nagaland Post | April 20, 2016 In the context of a people and a country, the declaration of a people’s independence by the people themselves, is an act of honor and dignity. [...]
A New Burma Peace Process
By Roland Watson, Dictatorwatch | April 13, 2016 The National League for Democracy now has legitimate government power. Its agenda will soon turn to resolving the civil war that has plagued Burma for over sixty-five [...]
February 2016
Karen Refugee Committee Presses New Gov’t to Take Refugee Issue Seriously
S'Phang Shaung / Karen News | February 23, 2016New executive members of the Karen Refugee Committee (KRC) have called for the new NLD government to put the issue of refugee repatriation on its agenda. The [...]
Racism in Burma
By Roland Watson, Dictatorwatch | February 2, 2016 Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy have now taken over the government of Burma - at least those parts not reserved for the [...]