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Burma
The country’s major ethnic armed organizations are actively fighting the regime and boycotted last month’s peace talks with the junta.
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Interview
Janes’ Anthony Davis says Myanmar’s highly motivated PDFs have taken their resistance against an arrogant and ineffective Myanmar military into a crucial second phase.
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Burma
Several armed groups that are currently fighting the regime snubbed Min Aung Hlaing’s earlier invite to talks.
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Burma
Foreign govts and organizations have joined local groups in condemning the junta’s announcement that it will proceed with the executions of four anti-regime activists.
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Interview
Veteran journalist Bertil Lintner talks to Irrawaddy editor-in-chief Aung Zaw about why Myanmar’s official peace process has been a non-starter from the outset.
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Burma
Many ethnic armed organizations are boycotting the talks with the regime in the capital Naypyitaw.
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Burma
The regime last month awarded titles to leaders of seven of the 10 groups planning to attend talks, prompting speculation it was looking to secure their participation.
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Guest Column
With junta forces exhausted by fighting across the country, the regime wants a ceasefire with ethnic armed organizations to allow it to focus on resistance groups.
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Burma
The powerful ethnic army said the planned talks lack a substantive agenda and exclude key players, seen as a reference to the shadow govt and People’s Defense Force.
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Analysis
Min Aung Hlaing’s offer of dialogue with ethnic armed organizations is a sign he knows the junta faces an uphill battle against the resistance movement.
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Guest Column
Global aid donors such as the United Nations and the European Union appear to believe that it is business as usual in a Myanmar under military rule.
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Burma
Representatives from China and powerful armed groups attended the funeral for Peng Jiasheng, who established a gambling and drugs hub along the Chinese border.
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Guest Column
The national uprising unfolding against the military regime offers a unique window to support the emergence of a stable democracy in the country.
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Guest Column
The UWSA is consolidating a new Wa state that will bring Chinese influence near Thailand and set a self-rule model for other ethnic rebels.
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Burma
Eleven out of 18 of Myanmar’s ethnic armed groups attend the event, in an apparent attempt to preserve the ties.