Thailand is the third largest seafood exporter in the world, but much of the tuna, sardines, shrimp and squid it exports has …
Burma
Rape Is a Weapon in Burma’s Kachin State, but the Women of Kachin Are Fighting Back
By breaking their silence, and documenting the outrages committed, local communities in Kachin are defending themselves against sexual violence from the Burmese military and police
Gunmen Target Burmese MP in Drive-By Shooting in Malaysia
Burma’s Buddhist-Muslim violence is spreading to other parts of Southeast Asia
Burma’s Rohingya Are Now Being Forced to Live in Squalid Ghettos Watched by Guards
Increasingly, for most Rohingya, the only solution is to flee the country
Reports of Rohingya Massacre as ASEAN Ministers Meet in Burma
Activists in western Arakan state say at least 10 killed, including women and children
Tourists Enjoy Thai Beaches Unaware of Trafficking Camps Just a Boat Ride Away
Near the glitzy resorts of Phuket, local officials collude in the horrific trafficking of Rohingya refugees from western Burma
Far From Home and Fearing for Their Lives, Burma’s Kachin Celebrate a Grim Christmas
Around 100,000 people currently inhabit ramshackle displacement camps in freezing northernmost Burma, victims of a two-and-a-half-year struggle between ethnic rebels and central government
Burma’s Opium Production Has Hit Record Levels Because Farmers Have No Choice
U.N. says figures are up by 26% in 2013 — the seventh consecutive year of increase
‘Same Old’ Burma Releases Political Prisoners Before Sports Event
Reformist government releases activists hours before the opening ceremony of the Southeast Asian Games
Is the World’s Longest-Running Civil War About to End?
Burma’s rebel groups agree in principle to a nationwide cease-fire pact, but hurdles remain
Burma’s Small-Scale Oil Barons Get Their Hands Dirty
Waist-deep in pits of crude oil, longyi-clad roughnecks burrow a living from black gold in the most improbable of landscapes. Ko Min, 26, manually extracts the viscous liquid from his three 300-foot-deep wells in Minhla township, …
After Hotel Blast, Western Governments Caution Travelers to Burma
U.K. Foreign Office warns of “a high threat of terrorism”
Burma Violence: Explosion Strikes Rangoon Hotel
An American woman is hurt as blast tears through a guestroom at the prestigious Traders Hotel in central Rangoon late on Monday night