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The Central Executive Committee meeting of the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD), held on March 16 and 17, 2023, made a momentous decision that it will not re-register as a political party under the new Political Party Registration law of 2023 Explaining its decision, the SNLD cites that the junta authorities have yet to announce a date for the General Election, and that the party finds substantial security challenges to travel to consult with party members (mainly in Kayah and Read more...

Myanmar’s ruling junta, the State Administration Council (SAC), marked the second anniversary of its military coup on February 1 by submitting a six-month extension of its rule to the National Security and Defense Council (NDSC) for approval The SAC used the pretext of an “atypical situation” in the country to argue that it had not yet been able to accomplish its objectives The junta has reshuffled several of its ranks-and-files, and declared martial law in 37 Read more...

The junta’s practice of executing those under politically motivated death sentences is the latest indication that ASEAN’s push for a ‘return to normalcy’ in Myanmar is over Although the new trajectory of the country is still vague, it is certain that the ‘old normal’ – of problem definition and resolution within Myanmar politics – can no longer work to solve the current Read more...

The ASEAN-US Special Summit 2022 took place on May 12-13 in Washington, DC Sr Gen Min Aung Hlaing, chairman of the State Administrative Council (SAC), was not invited to attend US officials did invite Ms Zin Mar Aung, foreign minister of the opposition National Unity Government (NUG), who met with US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and other senior US officials during the summit Zin Mar Aung also met with her Malaysian counterpart, Foreign Minister Saifuddin Read more...

Sr Gen Min Aung Hlaing, Chairman of the State Administration Council (SAC), personally invited the heads of Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) to talk about peace on April 22, 2022 As of May 9, the deadline to respond to the offer, only 10 out of 21 EAOs answered the call to meet Read more...

Today, 10 December, a nationwide silent strike was launched Photographic records indicate strong public participation and widespread awareness of the strike The strike’s slogan is “We are being denied basic Human Rights; Occupy through the Revolution!” Read more...

Today, 10 December, a nationwide silent strike was launched Photographic records indicate strong public participation and widespread awareness of the strike The strike’s slogan is “We are being denied basic Human Rights; Occupy through the Read more...

On March 10, 2022, Japan’s Special Envoy for Myanmar National Reconciliation, Mr Yohei Sasakawa met with Ethnic Armed Organization (EAO) leaders in Chiang Mai, Thailand ASEAN’s Special Envoy to Myanmar, Mr Prak Sokhonn, plans to visit Nay Pyi Taw in the third week of March President Joe Biden is set to organize an ASEAN-US Summit in Washington DC in the near Read more...

Three parties, namely the Karen National Union (KNU), the Chin National Front (CNF), and the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP), issued a statement on January 20, 2022, supporting the concept of “Humanitarian Plus” proposed by the UN Special Envoy on Myanmar and added three more conditions Read more...

The post-coup situation should be evaluated on the basis of these three proposed perspectives If dissidents prepare a systematic and long-term strategy, rather than pushing haphazard responses that can only achieve short-term results, they could more effectively realize the political goals to which most people in the country aspire Provoking “revenge” and anger will only jeopardize the prospect for long-term Read more...