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Since the coup d’état led by General Min Aung Hlaing in February 2021, many have been displaced within Myanmar and across borders. Hostilities and armed conflict in Myanmar, especially Chin State, Sagaing and Magway Regions in northwestern; Karen and Karenni (Kayah) States in southeast, have forced a considerable number of people to flee. According to the UN, in a year and half at least 986,000 people have been newly displaced internally, adding to the 370,000 who had previously left their…

The photo exhibition “Endless Escape: Fleeing Myanmar to Thailand” will be officially launched with a discussion on 8 October 2022, 5.00-6.30 pm at SEA Junction. Speakers: Patrick Phongsathorn, Human Rights Advocacy Specialist at Fortify Rights Aung Naing Soe, Multimedia Journalist Laure Siegel, Founder of Visual Rebellion Myanmar Yan Naing Aung, Photojournalist Zin Koko, Photographer Moderator: Rosalia Sciortino, Founder & Executive Director of SEA Junction Since the coup d’état led by General Min Aung Hlaing in February 2021, many have been…

Once a month, SEA Junction holds a mini book and craft fair focusing on Southeast Asia. For the books, three kinds of books are available: New books given in consignment from recognized publishers with an interest in the countries of Southeast Asia including Silkworm Book and River Book from Thailand, ISEAS from Singapore and Yayasan Pustaka Obor from Indonesia. Special this month, we have many restocked books from NUS Press Singapore and literature books in Thai from Chomromdek. New and…

SEA Junction in collaboration with IPSR In-House Seminar and Mahidol Migration Centre (MMC) has launched a series of bi-monthly events entitled ‘Wednesday SEA Mobilities’, starting in February 2022. The last Wednesday of every two months, we will jointly hold seminars or panels discussing vast arrays of current Southeast Asia’s mobility issues by experts, academics, practitioners, NGO workers, migrants, and people from the fields. Our fifth Wednesday SEA Mobility’s event on 26 October 2022 at 2.00-3.00 pm will be a presentation…

Many have talked about the protests in Thailand in the last few years, but little has been said about the ethics of taking photographs in the midst of conflict.  This session hopes to stimulate discussion about this important, yet overlooked aspect of photojournalism. On 30 October 2022 at 5.30PM at SEA Junction, Assistant Professor Karntachat Raungratanaamporn, will share his experiences photoreporting on protests in the last two years and the difficult choices he was confronted with. A major issue is…

SEA Junction and the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW) are organizing a knowledge sharing and evidence-based advocacy for socio-economic inclusion of migrant and trafficked women from Southeast Asia to Europe: both those who currently live in Europe and those who have returned to their home countries. To achieve the objective of promoting rights-affirming labour migration policies and anti-trafficking measures on these migration routes, we are holding a series of six-monthly webinars with the title “Towards Safe Southeast Asia-Europe…

SEA Junction will host the gathering of participants and live broadcast the Panel 1B and Panel 2 of the conference “ENGAGING RESEARCH – Exploring Collaborations between Researchers, Activists and Citizens” on 3 November 2022 at 12.00-14.00 and 14.30-16.00 respectively. More information about the conference and panel can be found below. Conference description As authoritarianism grows across Southeast Asia (Case 2019) and some forms of “violent neoliberalism” (Springer 2015) penetrate the governance of environments, cities, workplaces and labour markets, dissident voices…

In times when society has become widened with gaps and differences of views and opinions, one issue could be escalated into a crisis if there are no platforms available for appropriate discussion among all concerned. The media, while informing and inspiring their audience, could also take a role in educating and facilitating the public by providing such platforms, bridging the gap and connecting the dots to create one big picture for better understanding in the society. Realising such critical roles, Bangkok…