Myanmar
A Thousand Fires review – mesmerising study of Myanmar’s homemade oil wells
Documentary shows the gruelling labour put in by a married couple wringing out drops of black gold as their son looks for a different living
Phuong Le
02, Dec, 2024 @7:00 AM
ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Myanmar junta chief
Min Aung Hlaing accused of crimes against humanity over deportation and persecution of Rohingya minority
Rebecca Ratcliffe South-east Asia correspondent
27, Nov, 2024 @10:40 AM
World’s conflict zones increased by two-thirds in past three years, report reveals
Wars have spread and intensified, with far-reaching impacts on global economic growth and food security, according to latest Conflict Intensity Index
Kaamil Ahmed
21, Nov, 2024 @7:01 AM
Myanmar overtakes Syria as country with highest landmine casualties
Landmine use has significantly increased in Myanmar as conflict has spread after the military’s seizure of power in February 2021
Rebecca Ratcliffe South-east Asia correspondent
20, Nov, 2024 @4:00 AM
2 million at risk of starvation in Myanmar state amid ‘total economic collapse’
Exclusive: a UN report will accuse the military of imposing ‘collective punishment’ on Rakhine state, more than three years after seizing power in a coup
Rebecca Ratcliffe South-east Asia correspondent
07, Nov, 2024 @6:13 AM
Myanmar military kills dozens in heaviest airstrikes since 2021 coup
Ten children reportedly among those killed during intense aerial campaigns last month
Aung Naing Soe
08, Oct, 2024 @9:31 AM
Snatched from their beds, taken on the streets - the young men in Myanmar forced to fight the junta’s losing war
After a string of humiliating defeats, the army has turned to press-ganging young men into frontline duty – leaving distraught families unaware of their fate
Esther J and Rebecca Ratcliffe
28, Sep, 2024 @4:00 PM
‘This is a big chance for all of us’: Germany’s freedom hotel where exiled journalists take refuge
As attacks on the press rise, the House of Critical Voices offers sanctuary for media workers exposing abuses
Ian Wylie in Schmerwitz, Brandenburg
17, Sep, 2024 @7:00 AM
Climate scientists troubled by damage from floods ravaging central Europe
Experts unsurprised at intensity of extreme weather but say damage wreaked shows how unprepared world is
Ajit Niranjan
16, Sep, 2024 @11:03 AM
Myanmar journalists facing ‘terror campaign’ in deadliest year for media since coup
In 2024 four journalists have been killed, with others jailed, as they report on human rights abuses by the military junta
Aung Naing Soe and Rebecca Ratcliffe
13, Sep, 2024 @9:50 AM
China’s deadly divide-and-rule tactics in Myanmar risk shock waves across region | Simon Tisdall
Far from acting as a broker, Beijing is playing both sides in a state torn by brutality and chaos
Simon Tisdall
25, Aug, 2024 @8:00 AM
Thousands flee after Myanmar rebels use drones to bomb Rohingya villagers
Arakan Army targeting Muslim minority as Myanmar’s military are driven out of Rakhine, UN official says
Kaamil Ahmed
22, Aug, 2024 @9:00 AM
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