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Tag Archives: Myanmar
India: Great Protector of the Tibetan People
Delhi, India. Call me an Ugly American, but India has made great sacrifices to safeguard the Tibetan people and continues to protect them to this day at enormous cost against the Chinese, and I had neither understanding nor appreciation of their efforts. This was not covered in my high school history class. Map of China and Tibet in […]
U.N. Members Visits Rohingya Refugee Camp in Bangladesh
New York, N.Y. Refugees living in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, seen during a visit by the Security Council delegation to the Kutupalong Refugee camp. The camp is currently the world’s largest refugee settlement and hosts around 600,000 refugees. Tweet
Myanmar: UN Warns of ‘Spiral of Violence’ in Rakhine State
New York,N.Y. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) today expressed alarm over reports of serious rights violations in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state that cite allegations of extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests and sexual violence, and a renewed spike in hate speech – including on social media. […]
Myanmar Migrants in Thailand Rush Police, Greet Suu Kyi
Bangkok, Thailand. Thousands of Myanmar migrants, eager to get a glimpse of Aung San Suu Kyi, overwhelmed police in a Thai coastal fishing center Thursday afternoon. Aung San Suu Kyi. Photo:Htoo Tay Zar. The Myanmar state counselor and foreign minister, on her first official visit to Thailand since her government was […]
Aung San Suu Kyi? Vote Counting Underway in Myanmar
Yangon, Myanmar. Vote counting is underway in Myanmar where turnout was more than 80 percent for the nation’s first free general election in a quarter of a century. Aung San Suu Kyi. Photo: Wikipedia Commons. Some 32 million people were registered to vote to select from more than 6,000 candidates for both houses of the […]
Ahead of Historic Elections in Myanmar, Push for Children
New York, N.Y. As the historic elections in Myanmar draws closer, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Save the Children urged potential leaders of the country to prioritise children and commit to providing them with a fair start in life. The ceasefire agreement in Myanmar is an historic step for children, who have suffered […]
Southeast Asian Opening for Asia Contemporary Art Week
New York, N.Y. On view at the Sundaram Tagore Gallery in Chelsea, NYC: Cutting-edge work by emerging and established artists from Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines. Ten innovative artists use photography, video, painting and installation to articulate their experiences navigating the complex social, historical and political legacies of their respective communities. A catalog […]
