--- title: Paul Vrieze | TIME description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/author/paul-vrieze/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/paul-vrieze/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Paul Vrieze ## Paul Vrieze ## Paul Vrieze * ![Kachin Independence Army \(KIA\) cadets follow drills at a training school in the Burmese town of Laiza, on the border with China ](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53f5e1f651796e6b/6988af9fcd1bba826070334e/dsc_03.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1) Nov 23, 2016 ### [Burma's Army Has No Interest in Peace](https://time.com/4579602/burma-myanmar-kachin-peace-fighting-suu-kyi/) Burma's de facto leader can't control an army with a vested interest in conflict [WORLD](/section/world/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/paul-vrieze/","name":"Paul Vrieze"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/paul-vrieze/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/paul-vrieze/"},"name":"Paul Vrieze","jobTitle":null,"description":"","url":"https://time.com/author/paul-vrieze/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```