Myanmar
Bibi was given $4 a day to survive. Now that allowance has been cut to zero
As humanitarian crises unfold around the globe, the United Nations is looking at its books.
- by Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
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Australia’s least likely spy on tipping the balance in a brutal civil war
Sean Turnell was Aung San Suu Kyi’s financial Mr Fix-it and says everything is pointing to the defeat of Myanmar’s junta.
- by Michael Ruffles
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Rohingya
‘Hundreds’ including women and children killed in drone attacks crossing river to flee war
Horrific stories are emerging of an atrocity in war-ravaged Myanmar, allegedly at the hands of a rebel army, which has denied responsibility.
- by Zach Hope and Saiful Arakani
How Maya – who was banned from dancing – found her groove
As a girl in Iran, she watched music videos in her room but being a professional dancer was not feasible. That changed when she came to Melbourne and joined hip-hop crew L2R.
- by Carolyn Webb
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Myanmar coup
Rebels celebrate taking key border town, Thailand left scrambling
Concerns of a Myanmar military counter-offensive at the border has drawn neighbouring Thailand closer to the conflict.
- by Zach Hope
Julie Bishop named United Nations special envoy for Myanmar
Myanmar has been locked in civil war since the army took power from Aung Suu Kyi’s elected government in 2021.
- by Michael Mehr and John Kidman
China’s cash promises in South-East Asia are coming up short, report says
President Xi Jinping launched the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013, immediately winning over many foreign governments with promises of unprecedented investment.
- by Zach Hope
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Asylum seekers
Dozens of Rohingya refugees feared dead in boat tragedy off Indonesia
Asian news agencies, one citing an Indonesian official, reported the boat was headed to Australia. Border Force said this was not true.
- by Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
This novel is inspired by George Orwell - but don’t call it Orwellian
The American writer’s latest novel imagines the days when George Orwell was a policeman in Burma.
- by JP O'Malley
Speaking up in Australia, risking retribution against their families in Asia
Hundreds rallied on the steps of Victorian parliament to protest against human rights abuses in South-East Asian nations ahead of a diplomatic summit in Melbourne.
- by Alex Crowe
‘Mines against humanity’: The scale of Australian investment in Myanmar revealed
Democracy activists are demanding the Commonwealth follow its closest international allies by imposing widespread sanctions against the military and its conglomerates.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey and Nick McKenzie
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