The Transparency Deficit: The Culture of Secret Talks and Political Deal-Making
13 March 2012: (Editorial) Secret talks and deal-making between the political elites are no new phenomenon in Burma. In fact, transparency – no matter how much anybody on either ends of the political...
View ArticleThe Path Forward for NLD Post Elections
5 April 2012: (Opinion) Burma’s democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi will be joining a parliament that is still overwhelmingly controlled by the military-backed ruling party after her National League for...
View ArticleSuu Kyi Should Visit Displaced Persons as Part of Her First Foreign Trip
19 April 2012: (Editorial) Newly elected Burmese parliamentarian Aung San Suu Kyi is set to make her first foreign trip in more than two decades, in June, after having reportedly accepted official...
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Text of CNF-Govt Agreement (Unofficial Translation by CG)
17 May 2012: Chinland Guardian is pleased to present the unofficial translation by CG of the 15-point agreement between the Chin National Front and the Burmese Union-level Peace Team specifying the...
View ArticleFamily's Statement in Commemoration of Student Leader Salai Tin Maung Oo
26 June 2012: The Chinland Guardian is pleased to present a statement of Salai Tin Maung Oo's family on the 36th anniversary of his execution carried out by the military regime in Burma's notorious...
View ArticleBurma's Ethnic Conflict and the Way Forward for Democracy
31 October 2012: Less than a month after the Burmese democracy icon Daw Aung San Suu Kyi concluded her highly decorated visit to the US, which was followed by the US announcement to ease its sanctions...
View ArticleMy Return to Burma after 24 Years in Exile
13 November 2012: [CG note: Victor Biak Lian, Chin activist, ethnic leader, freedom fighter and winner of the 2010 St. Shephen's Prize, made a short visit to ethnic states including his native Chinland...
View ArticleBurma's Kachin advance may be its own undoing
19 January 2013 (Editorial): At the moment the Burma Army seems to be gaining the upper hand in the ongoing war in Kachin State, with the recent reported takeover of two key strategic positions of the...
View ArticleThein Sein's visit: Are Burma's needs Norway's priorities?
27 February 2013: As part of his five European nation tour, President Thein Sein's first stop is set to be in Norway, marking the first official visit ever by Burma's head of state to an oil-rich...
View ArticleMy observation of the Union-level peace talk between CNF and Government
12 March 2013: It was my first return trip to my native Burma (Myanmar) after 14 years of life in exile. I had two things on my agenda. I wanted to find out how I could support the much-needed...
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