Archive: Feb 2021



STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 27, 2021 • 4 min read

Myanmar coup Myanmar envoy urges ‘strongest’ UN action as junta clamps down

By Agence France-Presse • Feb 27, 2021
Myanmar's ambassador to the United Nations made an emotional plea on February 26 to the international community for the "strongest possible action" against the military junta, as riot police across the country continued to violently crack down on anti-coup protesters.

STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 27, 2021 • 3 min read

Editorial Leaked documents in Myanmar and a free-press battle in Malaysia

By Andrew Haffner • Feb 27, 2021
This week we’ve dug into a trove of information that has gone largely unregistered in the mainstream press, as hundreds of gigabytes of information, leaked from government websites in Myanmar, detail the length and breadth of the military’s influence in the country’s economy. We also look at the fight for press freedom in Malaysia, speaking with embattled outlet Malaysiakini about their recent 500,000 ringgit fine for five user comments on their website

Feb 25, 2021 • 6 min read
Philippines politics

Philippine critics in firing line of anti-communist misinformation war

A torrent of misinformation on Facebook has put activists, journalists, politicians, and lawyers across the Philippines at risk as President Rodrigo Duterte's government and military out alleged supporters of a decades-old Maoist insurgency.
By Cecil Morella and Jake Soriano/AFP • Feb 25, 2021

Feb 25, 2021 • 12 min read
Indigenous rights

Indonesia’s Dayaks grapple with Covid-19, deforestation and development

For the indigenous Dayaks on Indonesian Borneo, the Covid-19 pandemic has hit hard in a time when the group is already facing political reforms that threaten to strip them of their land, the building of a new capital city, and widespread environmental degradation
By Klas Lundström • Feb 25, 2021

Feb 25, 2021 • 5 min read
Myanmar coup

Over 100,000 Myanmar company registrations leaked: here’s why it matters

As the international community deliberates effective sanctions on Myanmar’s military-owned enterprises, a leaked file containing company registrations was made public to little fanfare this week, connecting the military to multiple industries and sectors
By Kiana Duncan • Feb 25, 2021

Feb 24, 2021 • 4 min read
Myanmar coup

Myanmar junta’s top diplomat in talks with Thailand, Indonesia

Myanmar foreign minister Wunna Maung Lwin met with his counterparts from Thailand and Indonesia on February 24 in what was the first known in-person meeting between a senior junta member and foreign governments.
By Agence France-Presse • Feb 24, 2021

Feb 24, 2021 • 8 min read

A young Cambodian teacher’s view: How to improve our education system

Cambodia's traditional education system based around rote learning is failing to prepare the Kingdom's youth for the fast changing world of work. Phannaro Nhem, a maths teacher in Phnom Penh, believes preparing educators to impart soft skills like adaptability is the future of schooling
By Phannaro Nhem • Feb 24, 2021

Feb 23, 2021 • 3 min read
Deportation

Malaysian activists make legal bid to halt Myanmar deportation

Malaysian activists made a last-ditch legal bid on Tuesday February 23 to halt the deportation of 1,200 Myanmar detainees, many of whom are members of vulnerable minorities, to their homeland weeks after a coup.
By Agence France-Presse • Feb 23, 2021