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By Sek Sophal • Feb 09, 2021
Just eight months after the boyhood Battambang home of Sek Sophal came under shelling by the Khmer Rouge, the Paris Peace Agreements were signed in an unlikely settlement. Today, the academic researcher believes the Kingdom's leaders and opposition can repair fissures and foster another political miracle
By Allegra Mendelson • Feb 08, 2021
As hundreds-of-thousands of protestors take to the streets across Myanmar's cities, the social media-centred Civil Disobedience Movement is drawing on protest tactics old and new as it rallies against last week's military coup
By Agence France-Press • Feb 07, 2021
Thousands of anti-coup protesters in Myanmar poured back onto the streets Sunday, as an internet blackout failed to stifle growing outrage at the military's ouster of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
By Agence France-Presse • Feb 06, 2021
Myanmar saw its largest anti-coup protests yet on Saturday with young demonstrators spilling on to the streets to denounce the country's new military regime, despite a nationwide internet blackout aimed at stifling a growing chorus of popular dissent.
Twitter on Saturday condemned Myanmar's move to block access to its platform, days after a coup that imprisoned Aung San Suu Kyi and other civilian leaders
By Agence France-Presse • Feb 06, 2021
A key aide of Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi was arrested in the early hours of February 5, 2021, days after a coup that has sparked international outrage.
By Agence France-Presse • Feb 05, 2021
The US led the international community on February 3 in calling on Myanmar's military to free Aung San Suu Kyi as the ousted leader was charged under the country's import and export law, while calls for civil disobedience opposing the putsch gathered pace
By Agence France-Presse • Feb 04, 2021
The role of UN Special Rapporteur monitoring human rights in Myanmar has never been an easy one. But now, following a military coup on February 1, this crucial line of defence in documenting and preventing rampant abuses in the country looks set to get even harder
By Alastair McCready • Feb 03, 2021
Calls for a civil disobedience gathered pace in Myanmar on February 3, led by red ribbon-wearing medical personnel, following a military coup earlier this week detaining civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi
By Agence France-Presse • Feb 03, 2021
The US on February 2 formally designated Myanmar's military ouster of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy government as a coup, after the country's army chief General Min Aung Hlaing described the takeover as "inevitable"
By Agence France-Presse • Feb 03, 2021
As Myanmar grapples with the aftermath of the coup that unfolded in the early hours of February 1, observers are speculating as to the reasons behind the timing of the power grab, as well as the long-term impact that a military government could have on the country
By Kiana Duncan and Allegra Mendelson • Feb 02, 2021
Myanmar's ousted National League for Democracy party called for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and other detained leaders on February 2, describing the coup a day earlier as a "stain" on the military's history
By Agence France-Presse • Feb 02, 2021