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STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 26, 2020 • 6 min read

Rohingya photography A life in pictures

By Andrew Haffner • Mar 26, 2020
Driven from their homes and living in arduous conditions, three Rohingya refugees have been equipped with smart phones and trained in photography in order to document day-to-day life in Bangladesh's refugee camps

STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 25, 2020 • 11 min read

Southeast Asian languages The power of script

By Zachary Frye • Mar 25, 2020
With the rise of the internet age, Southeast Asia is fast embracing change. But within a digital world initially designed for Latin scripts and fonts, the region is still playing catch up to ensure its citizens have equal access to every online feature

STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 24, 2020 • 3 min read

COVID-19 Myanmar confirms first coronavirus cases

By Sun Myat Mon and Richard Sargent • Mar 24, 2020
After weeks of claiming to have zero cases despite its 2,100-kilometre border with China, Myanmar has finally confirmed its first COVID-19 cases

STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 19, 2020 • 10 min read

Refugee camps and COVID-19 When social distancing isn’t an option

By Miriam Deprez and Andrew Haffner • Mar 19, 2020
As the world locks down and social distancing goes into full effect to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Rohingya refugees living in squalid camps in Bangladesh don’t hold such a luxury. What happens if the virus takes hold in the world’s most vulnerable communities?

Mar 13, 2020 • 12 min read
Rohingya crisis

The power of the persecuted

Young Canada-based Rohingya activist Yasmin Ullah has helped take the plight of the persecuted ethnic minority group in Myanmar to the world’s largest court, yet her fight for justice has only just begun
By Miriam Deprez • Mar 13, 2020

Dec 12, 2019 • 11 min read
International Court of Justice

The battle of The Hague

As Myanmar's de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi takes the unprecedented step of defending her nation on charges of genocide in front of the International Court of Justice, Rohingya Muslims watch on with fear and trepidation using mobiles phones from refugee camps in Bangladesh
By Andrew Haffner • Dec 12, 2019

Dec 09, 2019 • 11 min read
Landmines in Myanmar

Explosive evidence

For the second year in a row, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines has found that Myanmar is the only country in the world where the government is still using landmines. As the devices wreak havoc on communities nationwide, why is international funding to de-mine the country dropping?
By Samantha McCabe • Dec 09, 2019

Nov 25, 2019 • 8 min read
Myanmar music scene

The last day of pleasant music

From our print archive: In 2013, in a former military dictatorship known for quietening most forms of freedom of expression, the music scene got a whole lot louder
By Douglas Long • Nov 25, 2019

FROM THE PRINT ARCHIVE
Oct 25, 2019 • 15 min read
Urban Myanmar

No place like home

When one of Yangon's many new immigrants tries to reach out to a taciturn neighbour, he nearly ends up biting off more than he can chew
By Will Buckingham • Oct 25, 2019

Sep 26, 2019 • 9 min read
Myanmar politics

Life of the party

Seemingly unbeatable ahead of elections next year, Aung San Suu Kyi’s political party has nonetheless struggled to achieve much during nearly four years in office
By Hunter Marston and Abigail Chen • Sep 26, 2019

Sep 04, 2019 • 12 min read
Animal welfare

Out of the woods

For over a century, elephants were Southeast Asia’s workhorses, used to pull logs razed from their forest homes. But what happens to those elephants when the logging stops?
By Claire Baker-Munton • Sep 04, 2019

Aug 14, 2019 • 14 min read
EU-ASEAN relations

Stitched together

Citing human rights concerns, the EU is deciding whether to revoke duty-free market access for Cambodia’s exports, even as it tries to boost trade and defence ties with Southeast Asia
By Simon Roughneen • Aug 14, 2019