The chief of the newly formed Kachin State People’s Party, Dr. Manam Tu Ja, says next year’s election could bring sweeping federal reforms and a chance of real peace.
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No Peace in Myanmar Without Sacrifices: Kachin Christian Chief
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Rev. Hkalam Samson of the Kachin Baptist Convention says leaders talk about peace but they benefit too much from war.
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The Irrawaddy sits down with the Karen National Union general secretary for a wide-ranging discussion of the groups’ roles and goals in Myanmar’s peace process.
On the Armed Conflict in Northern Myanmar
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‘Myanmar Is Not Cursed, or a Failed State’
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This week, The Irrawaddy sits down with NLD lawmaker U Aung Kyi Nyunt to discuss the long road to democracy, and the merits of Myanmar’s ‘obligation-based’ society.
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The army arrests local officials who are contacted by EAOs demanding money, but does not protect them, brother of detained village head in Myanmar’s Shan State says.
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This week, The Irrawaddy discusses student groups’ relationship with the current government, and what they see as the most pressing needs on campuses in Myanmar.
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The Irrawaddy talks to the Mekong Institute’s Dwight Jason Ronan, Myanmar country coordinator, about food safety at home and in neighboring countries.
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We Trust Neither the Govt Nor the Tatmadaw: Shan IDPs
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More than 300 Shan IDPs that fled civil wars at home in 2002 have little hope that Aung San Suu Kyi’s government can bring peace or repatriation.
Federal Union Won’t Be Built with Guns: Rakhine Parliament Speaker
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U San Kyaw Hla says the state legislature is doing what it can to end rights abuses and inequality; he calls for peace through dialogue and an end to the internet shutdown.
Accessible Healthcare Requires Local Participation: Dr. Cynthia Maung
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With changes in government and ceasefire agreements signed since 2012, the Mae Tao Clinic on the Thai-Myanmar border continues operating on less and less aid.
Loopholes in Myanmar’s Forest Sector Cost Govt Million in Revenue
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To fix things, the NLD government must ignore interest groups and reform the State-owned Economic Enterprises Law, says Forest Trend's Daw Khin Saw Htay.
Nearly 90, Myanmar Painter Can’t Put Down the Brush
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U Thet Nyunt, one of Myanmar’s most senior artists and the father of prominent 88 Generation Students leader Ko Min Ko Naing, died Tuesday morning. He was 93 years old.
Shan in Karen State ‘Have Someone to Help Them’
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Ethnic Shan lawmaker launches bid to establish a Shan ethnic affairs minister constituency in the Karen legislature.
No Peace in Myanmar Without Sacrifices: Kachin Christian Chief
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‘No One Wants to Be a Village Administrator in Shan State’
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An Inside Look at Changes at the Formerly Military-Run GAD
‘Women in Leadership Positions Must Speak for All Women’
Lifelong Human Rights Defender Continues to Inspire