2023/02/03 |
Why Has the West Given Billions in Military Aid to Ukraine, but Virtually Ignored Myanmar?
It proves challenging to build a narrative around the Myanmar crisis due to the complexities within the country.
2022/12/27 |
Rohingya Refugees Adrift for Weeks at Sea Land in Indonesia
2022 could be the deadliest year for Rohingya fleeing Bangladesh and Myanmar by boat since 2014, when 730 were believed to have died or gone missing.
2022/08/24 |
Wheels of Justice Turn Slowly for Displaced Rohingya People
The International Court of Justice in July allowed a case to proceed alleging that Myanmar performed acts of genocide against the Rohingya after dismissing objections by the junta.
2022/03/28 |
Myanmar Junta Leader Vows to ‘Annihilate’ Opponents
The leader of Myanmar’s military made the threat at a parade marking Armed Forces Day. The junta ousted civilian leaders, including State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, in February 2021.
2022/02/16 |
Myanmar Issue Hardens Divisions in ASEAN
Analysts said a troika had emerged made up of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei, which share religious sympathies with the Muslim Rohingya and have opposed bringing the Myanmar junta into ASEAN after it was banned from attending its summits in response to the coup.
2022/01/26 |
Myanmar Tumbles Into the Abyss
The Myanmar army’s capacity to consolidate its rule appears more fragile than ever, with so many new armed groups now taking up to the fight to the military regime and its representatives.
2020/11/10 |
Refugees Left Stranded by Southeast Asia Amid Covid-19
As governments impose strict border controls to contain the spread of Covid-19, asylum seekers and refugees are stranded at sea.
2020/07/09 |
Myanmar Military Kills Civilians in Indiscriminate Attacks, Amnesty Says
Amnesty International reported that the Myanmar military has indiscriminately bombed civilians, including children in March and April.
2018/11/21 |
MYANMAR: Press Freedom Crumples amid Support for Dubious Foreign Reports
The Myanmar government's endorsement of a US 'anti-Rohingya supporter' marks a new low in the country's press freedom.
2018/10/17 |
OPINION: Unpacking Myanmar's Complex View Towards the Rohingya
Is the West's condemnation of Myanmar for its treatment of Rohingya Muslims viable in the emerging world order?
2018/09/05 |
MYANMAR: Outrage After Journalists Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison
The wives of the imprisoned journalists have expressed their shock at the sentence. Voices internationally and within Myanmar are reacting with horror.
2018/08/17 |
OPINION: Rohingya Refugees Remain Trapped in Catastrophe
One year after the outbreak of the crisis the Rohingya are no closer to a resolution.
2018/04/08 |
Week in Focus: South Korea Jails Park for 24 Years; Sumo Discrimination
A weekly roundup of the most important news from around the region in the week beginning April 1.
2017/10/12 |
Rohingya Face Conflux of Conflict, Development and Disaster
The ethnic cleansing and wholesale expulsion of Rohingyas from Rakhine state in Myanmar highlight how forced migration of minority communities is driven by identity politics and land grabs for development.
2017/09/28 |
Why Is India Threatening to Deport 40,000 Rohingya Muslims?
The threat of deportation is adding more grief to the lives of Rohingya refugees.
2017/09/21 |
CARTOON: Aung San Suu Kyi's Head Buried in the Sand?
Aung San Suu Kyi says she does not know why people are fleeing and 'since the fifth of September, there have been no armed clashes and there have been no clearance operations.'
2017/09/20 |
Myanmar Must Accept Responsibility for Rohingya alongside Openness to Diversity
With no end in sight to the plight of the Rohyinga Muslims in Myanmar and Bangladesh, and an underwhelming response from de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the clock is ticking for Myanmar to accept historical responsibility and open its arms to multiculturalism.
