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STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 08, 2021 • 9 min read

Covid-19 As virus hits, Bangkok undergoes reverse migration flow

By Wanpen Pajai • Jun 08, 2021
As the tourism shutdown hits the Thai economy and Covid-19 rages on across the country, many low-wage workers are leaving the capital to return to the provinces. Some see opportunity in this reverse migration flow, while others are struggling just to stay afloat

STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 07, 2021 • 2 min read

Myanmar coup Trial of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi to begin next week

By Agence France-Presse • Jun 07, 2021
Aung San Suu Kyi's trial is set to begin next week, according to her lawyer. The leader faces a range of charges, from possessing unlicensed walkie-talkies to flouting Covid-19 restrictions during last year's election campaign

STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 07, 2021 • 12 min read

Myanmar coup The Tatmadaw has mass surveillance technology, but how well is it used?

By Kiana Duncan and Allegra Mendelson • Jun 07, 2021
Following Myanmar’s coup, the junta’s surveillance abilities have been touted based on Chinese and Russian tech imports. But experts say despite this equipment, a lack of capacity and infrastructure in the outdated institution keeps low-tech methods at the forefront

Jun 04, 2021 • 4 min read

In the jungle, Myanmar rebels teach anti-coup protesters to fight

In Myanmar's rebel-held jungles young protesters are training to fight back against the country's military, with many learning to fire rifles for the first time. The hope is to build an opposition force that could topple the regime once and for all
By Agence France-Presse • Jun 04, 2021

Jun 04, 2021 • 12 min read
History

Inside the decrepit Hotel Renakse, Cambodia’s free press was reborn

Today the crumbling Hotel Renakse sits empty in the shadow of Phnom Penh's Royal Palace, being slowly reclaimed by nature. But in the early 1990s, the hotel played host to three decisive moments in the reintroduction of press freedom to Cambodia
By Alastair McCready • Jun 04, 2021

Jun 02, 2021 • 2 min read
South China Sea

China says military flight off Malaysia was ‘routine training’

Following the sighting of Chinese air force planes off Malaysian Borneo on Monday May 31, China has defended the flights, claiming they were being used for training purposes and therefore did not breach sovereignty
By Agence France-Presse • Jun 02, 2021

Jun 01, 2021 • 3 min read
Covid-19

Malaysia imposes lockdown as Southeast Asia battles virus surge

As countries across Southeast Asia struggle with a resurgence in Covid-19 cases driven by infectious variants, Malaysia, among the worst hit, imposed a nationwide lockdown on Tuesday June 1
By M. Jegathesan/AFP • Jun 01, 2021

Jun 01, 2021 • 4 min read
Myanmar coup

School’s out for Myanmar students defying junta threats

Following four months of national turmoil, Myanmar's military junta has insisted schools open on Tuesday June 1 but many educators refuse to return to their jobs in an act of protest
By Agence France-Presse • Jun 01, 2021