28 November 2013: Salai Ko Ko Naing, Chin Affairs Minister of Arakan State, gave a speech during the opening ceremony of the Chin National Conference held in Hakha, Chin State from 12-15 November 2013.
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21 September 2013: The theme for International Peace Day for 2013 is 'Education for Peace'. When wars break out, armed conflict is destroying not only schools but the hopes and ambitions of generations of children.
Continue ReadingIt 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 democratic reform process; and second, I wanted to provide technical assistance – instant interpretation for international observers – for the second round of the Union-level peace talks between Continue Reading
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 nation with a population of about five million.
Continue Reading19 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 Kachin line of defense.
Continue Reading13 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 Continue Reading
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 on imports from 1Burma, another major communal violence broke out in the western part of the country that have claimed more than 100 Continue Reading
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 Insein Prison on 26 June 1976.
Continue Reading17 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 Terms of Reference for the original preliminary 9-point agreement in January.
Continue Reading19 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 invitations from the British and Norwegian governments.
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