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Tag: Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement

Posted inMyanmar

Nail in the coffin of Myanmar’s dying peace process

by David Scott Mathieson December 17, 2020December 21, 2020

CHIANG MAI – There was a frustrating fait accompli to the recent statement by Myanmar’s oldest ethnic insurgents, the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), on December 1 when it demanded the withdrawal of all Myanmar military, or Tatmadaw, bases from its territory. This was the culmination of over two years of rising frustration and bellicose […]

This picture taken on January 31, 2015 shows traditional Karen dancers perfoming for guests during celebrations marking the 66th Karen Revolution Day at the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA)'s Seventh Brigade headquarters in Myanmar's eastern Kayin state. The KNLA is the armed wing of the Karen National Union (KNU) and is believed to have between 3,000 to 5,000 active fighters in its ranks. The KNU signed a ceasefire agreement with Myanmar's central government in 2012 but fighting has continued sporadically in several border areas, undermining the authorities' hopes to reach a nationwide ceasefire with all of the country's armed ethnic groups ahead of the 2015 general elections scheduled for the end of the year.  AFP PHOTO/KC Ortiz / AFP PHOTO / KC Ortiz
Posted inAT Finance, Myanmar

The revolution that will never die in Myanmar

by Oliver Slow February 16, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Myanmar

Why Myanmar’s military will win the Rakhine war

by Anthony Davis February 5, 2019February 18, 2020
A Karen insurgent soldier holds a rocket launcher while standing guard at Oo Kray Kee village in Karen State near the Thai-Myanmar border in a file photo. Photo: AFP/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul
Posted inAT Finance, Myanmar, South Asia

A road back to war in Myanmar

by Sally Kantar May 5, 2018February 18, 2020
Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Defense Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing attends a ceremony to mark the 69th Martyrs' Day in Yangon, Myanmar, July 19, 2016. Photo: AFP via Mur Photo/U Aung
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Israel, Middle East, Myanmar, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

Death rattle for Myanmar democracy

by David Scott Mathieson December 29, 2017February 18, 2020
Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi at the Presidential residence in Naypyidaw on 28 November 2017. Photo: Reuters/Phyo Hein Kyaw
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

From hope to despair in Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner December 27, 2017February 18, 2020
Students in an elementary school at Ei Tu Hta IDP camp on the Thai-Myanmar border sing the Karen national anthem. Children in Ei Tu Hta IDP camp learn their own Karen history and mother tongue to maintain their cultural identity. File Photo: AFP via EPN/Lee Yu Kyung
Posted inAT Finance, European Union, Middle East, Myanmar, Thailand, World

Myanmar’s forgotten and forsaken war victims

by Leena Zieger and Clarisse Tistchenko December 10, 2017February 18, 2020
Myanmar solders patrol the streets at Thapyuchai village, outside of Thandwe in the Rakhine State. Photo: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar, South Asia

Myanmar’s other Rakhine problem

by Anthony Davis November 29, 2017February 18, 2020
Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on August 19, 2016. Photo: AFP/Rolex Dela Pena/Pool
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, European Union, France, India, Japan, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

China looms large over Myanmar war and peace

by Bertil Lintner November 28, 2017February 18, 2020
Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi talks during a news conference in Naypyitaw, Myanmar on September 6, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, Myanmar, South Asia, World

Rakhine crisis killing Suu Kyi’s peace dream

by David Scott Mathieson November 3, 2017February 18, 2020

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