Phyo Wai Hlaing, a 21-year-old wi-fi technician, had been missing for a week in July 2021 when his father received an anonymous phone call telling him to go to a bridge far from his neighbourhood in Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon.
ชุมทางอุษาคเนย์ (SEA-Junction) ร่วมกับ องค์การนิรโทษกรรมสากล ประเทศไทย( Amnesty International Thailand), เครือข่ายสนับสนุนสันติภาพกะเหรี่ยง (Karen Peace Support Network), ALTSEAN-Burma (Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma)
As we find ourselves in the middle of June, we embrace yet another month of significance. World Refugee Day, observed annually on 20 June, calls for solidarity with refugees worldwide.
(Interview) Rosalia Sciortino has made Southeast Asia her home and as an anthropologist and development sociologist is a prime mover in improving local and international awareness about the crisis in Myanmar.
Migrant workers in the fishing and seafood processing industry in Thailand continue to face major decent work deficits, despite the major reforms government has introduced, according to Benjamin Harkins, Technical Officer (Ship to Shore Rights South-East Asia), International Labour Organisation.
This month, we are focusing on the pressing issue of migration in Southeast Asia. It begins with a photo exhibition highlighting the lives and labour of migrant workers in Thailand’s fishing and seafood processing industry.
I do not feel regret of joining Civil Disobedient Movement since it can make me feel that I am with my friends who are against military coup and fighting for democracy from jungles, rural areas and unban and I am also contributing in this revolution by doing as much as I can.
In Southeast Asia as in other regions, the pandemic has exposed deep social and health inequities across countries and people and shown the multi-dimensional and interlinked aspects of marginalization.
The story follows two civil servants from Myanmar who joined the Civil Disobedience Moment after the military junta forcefully took over in a violent coup. It highlights their resilience and unbreakable desire to end dictatorships in Myanmar as they take on various roles to continue supporting the Spring Revolution.
SEA Junction, under the operation of the Foundation for Southeast Asia Studies, is a knowledge center and public venue on Southeast Asia, which is located at the Bangkok Arts and Culture Centre (BACC).
