During a brief trip to conflict-wracked Kachin State on Tuesday, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi visited displacement camps and, in a lighter moment, posed for photos with a pair of nonagenarians who similarly smiled for the camera with Suu Kyi’s father more than a half-century ago.

A fiberglass statue of Burma’s independence hero was completely destroyed by a man with mental illness in the Irrawaddy delta.

US President-elect Donald Trump has not made any public statements on what his administration’s policy toward Burma will be, but he is unlikely to take a strong personal interest in the country as his predecessor has.

Several participants questioned whether equal rights would prevail for those ethnic minorities that do not have their own state or administrative region.

The non-binding agreement was reached in the Kachin State town following debate on DDR and SSR in a future federal union.

CNF Vice President Salai Lian Hmung Sakhong, a key player in preparations for the upcoming 21st Century Panglong Conference, discusses challenges facing the peace process.