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Panel Discussion 3 – BNI Editors’ Insights – The Ground Reality – Key Points

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Mizzima The following are the key points of the third of four panel discussions held at Thai PBS studio in Chiang Mai, Thailand on 28 December 2026 to mark the first phase of the Myanmar junta-run election . 3 rd  Panel Discussion Key Points Title: BNI Editors’ Insights – The Ground Reality Moderator/Facilitator:  Tin Tin Nyo , Managing Director, Burma News International (BNI) Panelist: Nan Paw Gay, Editor In-Chief, Karen Information Center Panelist: Soe Myint , Editor In-Chief, Mizzima Media Panelist: Sai Mueng , Editor In-Chief, Shan Herald Agency for News Panelist: Sam Naw , Editor In-Chief, Kachin News Group The third panel shifted focus from high-level analysis to  direct field reporting  from ethnic states and liberated zones. The consensus among the editors-in-chief was clear: the election is a “for-show” event with almost zero public participation in conflict-affected regions. The editors provided a stark contrast between the junta’s official narrative and t...
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KIO warns China: Myitsone Dam could spark ‘civil war’

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Friday, 20 May 2011 13:23 Thomas Maung Shwe Chiang Mai (Mizzima) - In an open letter sent to Chinese President Hu Jintao, the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) has asked China to stop the planned Myitsone Dam to be built in Burma’s northern Kachin state, warning that the controversial project could lead to civil war. The English-language letter dated March 16 but only recently made public and obtained by Mizzima states that the KIO ‘informed the military government that KIO would not be responsible for the civil war if the war broke out because of this hydropower plant project and the dam construction’. The letter is signed by KIO chairman Lanyaw Zawng Hra. The Myitsone Dam is scheduled to be built at the confluence of the Mali Hka and Nmai Hka rivers. This file photo, taken 21 years ago, shows where the Mali Hka and Nmai Hka join. Photo: Mizzima As the letter notes, relations between the Burmese regime and the KIO have taken a turn for the worse. ‘Since September 1, 2...
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Nambiar sees "encouraging" signs in Burma

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