Highlights
Latest EBO Background papers:
Moving forward after the 16th Congress: Challenges for the Karen National Union - - EBO Background Paper No. 3/2017 - 20 June 2017
The MNDAA offensive: Implications for the Myanmar Peace Process - EBO Background Paper No. 2/2017 - 10 April 2017
A Dangerous Calculation: The Northern Alliance – Burma (NA-B) Offensives in Shan State - EBO Background Paper No. 1/2017 - 1 February 2017 - More..
Statements:
Karen National Union (KNU) and Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) Joint Statement - English & Burmese - 16 February 2017
Clarification - EBO Funding - English & Burmese - 31 October 2016
Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation: Burma Army provokes fighting with Shan NCA signatory, shells civilian areas, displacing 2,000 in Mong Kung - also available in also available in Burmese and Tai (Shan) - 12 October 2016
An Urgent Appeal to End Indiscriminate Killings of Rohingya in Northern Rakhine State - the European Rohingya Council - 11 October 2016
Rohingya civilians under attacks, demand urgent protection - Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) Press Release - 11 October 2016
Joint Statement: Stop Killing Innocent Rohingyas in Arakan - 10 October 2016
Drowning A Thousand Islands : also available in Burmese, Thai - 8 October 2016
News
Millennium goals to boost health aid
From Eleven Media Group - Aug. 18, 2017, noon
Ceasefire between UNFC, government remains distant dream
From Myanmar Times - Aug. 18, 2017, noon
Silamas rolls into Myanmar
From Heavy Lift - Aug. 18, 2017, noon
New mega-complex project approved near Yangon’s Shwedagon Pagoda
From Myanmar Times - Aug. 18, 2017, noon
Fish Farmer Hit With Defamation Lawsuit Over State Counselor Facebook Post
From The Irrawaddy - Aug. 18, 2017, 6 a.m.
Democratic transition needs more time: C-in-C
From Myanmar Times - Aug. 18, 2017, 6 a.m.
Outgoing EU Ambassador makes farewell call on President U Htin Kyaw
From Mizzima - Aug. 18, 2017, 6 a.m.
Vietnamese party chief to visit Indonesia, Myanmar
From Xinhua - Aug. 18, 2017, 6 a.m.
Telenor video series teaches safe Internet use
From The Nation - Aug. 18, 2017, 6 a.m.
Govt Peace Team to Meet UWSA
From The Irrawaddy - Aug. 18, 2017, 6 a.m.
Opinion papers
How to make ASEAN truly people-centred By Kavi Chongkittavorn
KNPP objects to planned Loikaw cement factory as a breach of the ceasefire By
Are factory jobs good for the poor? Evidence from Myanmar By Linda Calabrese and Stephen Gelb
Myanmar's military holds key to further reform By William C. Dickey and Nay Yan Oo
The Empty Rhetoric of Unity By STELLA NAW
Burma covers up its systematic abuse of a minority group By The Washington Post
Phyo Min Thein's deals on wheels By Frontier Myanmar
Myanmar's infrastructure deficit outpaces the world By SIAN POWELL
Curbing inflation in Myanmar – fiscal discipline must continue By Chaipat Poonpatpibul and Paolo Hernando
Breaking the Devil’s Silence: Sexual Violence in Myanmar By Aye Thiri Kyaw
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