Energy, Money, and Security: for whom?
Early 2022, the Yadana pipeline to supply Thailand with natural gas has been handed over from French TotalEnergies to Thai PTTEP. The Myanmar generals now rack up more profits than ever.
Hope for international support rise as US Senate passes Burma Act Bill
United States// After many years of attempting to pass a version of the “Burma Unified through Rigorous Military Accountability Act of 2022” (as known as BURMA ACT), both houses of the U.S. Congress have finally passed the bill. This welcomed development comes after multiple failed attempts in 2019 and 2021. On December 16th, President Biden […]
Poetry // About Fear, Anger & Resistance
A powerful collection of poems by a Southeast Asian youth for her Myanmar friends.
SEA youths express “Grief, Loss and Human Rights”
“I think we are all entitled to grief, don’t you think?” asked Southeast asian youths through artworks displayed in Yuwana Zine #7 and Exhibition. To mark International Human Rights Day on December 10th 2022, the ASEAN Youth Forum (AYF) collective organized two art exhibitions in Jakarta and Bangkok to showcase poetry, essays and illustrations created […]
The women fighting on the eastern frontline
Despite the risks, hundreds of women choose to join resistance fighters’s groups after the military coup, united in their outrage as well as their commitment to a democratic and non-discriminatory future for Myanmar.
Asian summits shut eyes to dirty business in Myanmar
Bangkok, Thailand – Pot lids and umbrellas, symbols of resistance in Myanmar, appeared in front of Thailand’s Prime Minister’s Office and United Nations headquarters as political leaders from the region gathered in the capital to discuss free trade zones and other economic issues. November was a month where numerous international meetings took place in Southeast […]
A Talk with Naw Susanna Hla Hla Soe
NUG Ministry of Women, Youths and Children Affairs speaks about the suffering faced by women and children, the NUG actions to help and strengthen affected communities, as well as the need for the world’s attention to her country’s crisis.
Airstrikes Epidemic (I) // Open wounds in the heart of Kachinland
OCTOBER 23rd, 2022 // A targeted airstrike during a concert in A Nang Pa, Kachin State, held by the KIO for its 62 years anniversary, killed dozens of people and traumatized all residents.
Our photos in an exhibition on Myanmar refugees in Thailand
Following the military coup in 1962 by General Ne Win, millions of people from Myanmar fled on-going civil conflicts to seek safety in neighbouring countries such as Malaysia, Singapore, Bangladesh, China, India, and mostly in Thailand, where half of the diaspora are living for five decades.
One river, one border, two realities
OCTOBER 7th, 2022 // The endless escape of Myanmar people out of their land is worsening since the military coup of 2021. As realpolitik and national security issues topple humanitarian concerns, tragedies along the river marking the border between Thailand and Myanmar keep unfolding.