From Myanmar’s borderlands, journalists brave shelling and arrest warrants to keep communities informed
Support for armed resistance and a federal army is rising across the country.
The Free Burma Rangers — a multi-ethnic humanitarian group that has aided oppressed ethnic groups, mainly in Myanmar — and reported on the conflicts for more than 25 years has increased aid in the border regions of Karen state, site of the recent air strikes by the Myanmar army.
Hundreds of civilians in Myanmar — including activists, members of former de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy and villagers in the ethnic areas being bombed by the army — have gone into hiding. Some are seeking refuge in Kayin state, opposite Thailand.
Protestors are demanding amendments to the constitution, a new election and a halt to the harassment and abuse of rights activists.
Many migrant workers have filed claims with labor advocate organizations, citing substandard treatment and unfair pay, based on their nationality.
The MRC prior consultation process normally lasts for six months, during which other MRC members, including Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, can review the project and assess any cross-border impacts.
In Myanmar, an estimated 350,000 internally displaced persons living in crowded and sometimes unsanitary conditions face the danger of a widespread outbreak of COVID - 19.
Asia’s appetite for pangolins and other wildlife led to several virus outbreaks in the early 2000s including the SARS pandemic and bird flu.
Scientists say COVID-19 likely originated through ‘animal to human’ transmission at a wild animal market in Wuhan, China.
In October, the Xayaburi Power Co. Ltd. said the project has spent more than 19.4 billion baht ($640 million) to mitigate negative impacts on the environment, including the building of outlets for sediment passage and flow and facilities to allow the passage of fish.
Thailand has announced the 10th case of the coronavirus as government authorities say the outbreak is still under control.
Thailand ranks 136th in a recent World Press Freedom Index issued by Reporters Without Borders and is classified as being in a “difficult situation.”
Splinter groups come together to mark 70 years since fighting broke out between ethnic group and Myanmar government.
Land values have soared in recent years with the construction of the second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge.
More than 750,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled military attacks in Myanmar remain in Bangladesh camps as future repatriation and resettlement plans remain unclear.
As China pushes its Belt and Road Initiative across Asia to strengthen its economic links with new transport routes, the Mekong River faces possible irreversible changes.
One year after fleeing Myanmar, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya are stuck in camps in Bangladesh.
Karens say road work and the planned hydropower dams breach the ceasefire agreement.
Most of the children and teenagers have faced repeated displacement after being attacked by the Myanmar military, often under heavy artillery fire.
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