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Politics • STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 01, 2021 • 8 min read

Opinion Are some things better left unsaid? Media self-censorship in Thailand

By Mark S. Cogan • Apr 01, 2021
For journalists in Thailand, more tools and opportunities are available than ever before to capture scenes that would have been unthinkable a few years ago. But Thai authorities have pushed back, threatening both subtly and not to punish the messengers, leaving reporters in a bind of self-censorship

Politics • STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 01, 2021 • 5 min read

Myanmar coup Myanmar ‘traitors’ hounded in online anti-coup campaign

By Lisa Martin/AFP • Apr 01, 2021
As Myanmar descends into chaos and the military harshly cracks down on protestors, smartphone warriors in the anti-coup movement are seeking revenge online against the junta, hounding people with family ties to the military as a form of "social punishment"

Politics • Mar 31, 2021 • 3 min read
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US orders diplomats out of Myanmar as violence spirals

The United States on March 31 ordered the departure of non-essential diplomats from Myanmar, amid growing violence following the military coup to oust civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy party
By Agence France-Presse • Mar 31, 2021

Politics • Mar 26, 2021 • 2 min read
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Firebomb attack at Suu Kyi’s party headquarters in Myanmar

A fire from a hurled Molotov cocktail broke out early Friday March 26 at the National League for Democracy headquarters in Yangon, as protests across the country continue against the military.
By Agence France-Presse • Mar 26, 2021

Politics • Mar 24, 2021 • 4 min read
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Myanmar frees 600 protesters detained at anti-coup rallies

Following weeks of violent crackdowns and arbitrary arrests of anti-coup protesters in Myanmar, 600 coup detainees were freed from prison on Wednesday March 24.
By Agence France-Presse • Mar 24, 2021

Politics • Mar 23, 2021 • 5 min read
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Myanmar military brass hit with new US, EU sanctions over coup

The EU and US added new sanctions on top police and military commanders within Myanmar's armed forces on March 22 for their role in the February 1 coup. Meanwhile, pro-democracy demonstrators went back to the streets in defiance of a violent crackdown on protest.
By Agence France-Presse • Mar 23, 2021

Politics • Mar 23, 2021 • 14 min read
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Without military-CRPH cooperation, is ASEAN intervention next?

With the chasm between the Myanmar military and the opposing CRPH looking unbridgeable, the committee representing the toppled parliament is looking to ASEAN for support. But a bloc built on non-intervention, if they don't succeed, is open conflict next?
By Allegra Mendelson • Mar 23, 2021

Politics • Mar 19, 2021 • 4 min read
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Crackdown triggers exodus from Myanmar’s biggest city

Roads out of Myanmar's biggest city were congested on Friday March 19, with people fleeing the junta's deadly crackdowns. Meanwhile, authorities in neighbouring Thailand have said they are preparing for an influx of refugees.
By Agence France-Presse • Mar 19, 2021

Politics • Mar 17, 2021 • 5 min read
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Anti-China outrage pulls Beijing into Myanmar coup crisis

As Chinese factories are torched in Myanmar under the newly-imposed martial law, Beijing has been pulled into the crisis. Now facing an unravelling country it had once hoped to include in China's big plans for Asia.
By Aidan Jones/AFP • Mar 17, 2021

Politics • Mar 16, 2021 • 4 min read
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Yangon residents flee martial law area as Myanmar death toll grows

Residents of a major protest district in Yangon fled on Tuesday March 16 after security forces escalated the use of lethal force against anti-coup demonstrators, despite international appeals for restraint.
By Agence France-Presse • Mar 16, 2021