Highlights

EBO Vacancy Announcement: Senior Accounting Officer (EBO Myanmar Office) - apply by (Fri) 1 August 2014

Political Monitor 17 (5 – 11 July) 22 July 2014

Update on the Peace Process - Briefing Paper No. 22, Burma Centre for Ethnic Studies - July 2014

Statement by Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) (Burmese) - 15 May 2014

Statement on the draft Interfaith Marriage Law signed by several women’s groups and networks and civil society organizations – 5 May 2014

News

China’s ‘Strategic’ Gas Pipeline in Burma May Be Built on Hot Air
From Irrawaddy - July 31, 2014, 10:51 a.m.

10 Muslims arrested in Arakan
From Narinjara - July 31, 2014, 8:44 a.m.

Rural people in Myanmar easy prey to human trafficking: police
From Xinhua/Global Post - July 31, 2014, 8:02 a.m.

NMSP Soldiers Provide Security for Yethakon Area Rubber Plantation Owners and Farmers
From Independent Mon News Agency - July 31, 2014, 7 a.m.

Drug-resistant malaria spreading fast in Southeast Asia, study warns
From AFP/Mizzima - July 31, 2014, 6 a.m.

Maday islanders complain of broken promises on electricity
From Democratic Voice of Burma - July 31, 2014, 6 a.m.

Ethnic armed groups summit in Laiza ends with call for federal union
From Kachin News Group - July 31, 2014, 6 a.m.

Viber mobile application plans increased presence in Myanmar
From Xinhua/Global Post - July 31, 2014, 5:22 a.m.

Myanmar makes $2.3mn heroin bust in 'Golden Triangle'
From AFP - July 31, 2014, 3:43 a.m.

MPF orders its members to capture more than 10,000 suspects on the run
From Eleven News Media - July 31, 2014, 1:43 a.m.

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Opinion papers

From Princes to Persecuted: A Condensed history of the Shan/Tai to 1962
By Dr Shona T.S. Goodman

Tourism May Be Booming, But Burma Is Not Yet Fixed
By Justn Francis

Myanmar: Divide And Keep Conquered
By Strategy Page

The nationwide ceasefire agreement at a glance
By Aung Naing Oo

Feauture: Standing Tall
By Aye Chan Myate

Gauging Ethnic Angst Over Proportional Representation in Burma
By B.D. Prakash i

Interview: Wa on Laiza, Kokang and drugs
By S.H.A.N.

What Should Ordinary Leadership Look Like?
By Charles Redfern

Myanmar: Media freedom and the 'Unity Journal' case
By Rhys Thompson

The Importance of the “Federal Army” Question
By Mathew J Walton