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STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 01, 2021 • 4 min read

Myanmar coup Myanmar’s Suu Kyi to face court after deadly crackdown

By Agence France-Presse • Mar 01, 2021
Ousted Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was arrested in the February 1 military coup and has not been seen since, is due to face court on Monday March 1 after a deadly weekend crackdown against pro-democracy protests.

STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 01, 2021 • 10 min read

History Photography book remembers Cambodian refugee resettlement in Chicago

By Kiana Duncan • Mar 01, 2021
Photographer Stuart Isett spent three years photographing Chicago's small Cambodian community in the early 90s. Thirty years later, his photos are resurfacing in a new book drawing attention back to a little-remembered generation of Cambodian-Americans in the US

Feb 27, 2021 • 4 min read
Myanmar coup

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

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.
By Agence France-Presse • Feb 27, 2021

Feb 26, 2021 • 15 min read
Migration

For Cambodian workers, obscure new border crossing makes for uncertain journey home

As high numbers of Cambodian migrant workers repatriate due to Thailand's Covid-hit economy, many are grappling with brokers and fears of detention as they are redirected from well-known Poipet to an obscure, military-controlled crossing in rural Banteay Meanchey
By Allegra Mendelson • Feb 26, 2021

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 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