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On 22 December 2021 at 3 pm (Bangkok Time), SEA Junction in collaboration with Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR) will hold the 17th #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar Bi-Weekly Updates. The update series was started soon after the coup coup d'état in Myanmar with the aim to contribute to a greater understanding of the evolving situation there for informed action in support of the democratic movement in the country and beyond. Since 1 February 2021, Myanmar has been in turmoil as the Myanmar army,…

The book "Belittled Citizens: The Cultural Politics of Childhood on Bangkok’s Margins" will be launched on 28 December at 5:00 pm. The author Giuseppe Bolotta will present his book exploring the intersection between Thai politics, urban poverty, religion, and global humanitarianism from the perspective of “slum children” in Bangkok. The writer Pim Wangtechawat will also join the discussion to comment on this book, based on a book review she wrote for Mekong Review. At the launch, there will be limited…

On 5 January 2022 at 3 pm (Bangkok Time), SEA Junction in collaboration with Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR) will hold the 18th #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar Bi-Weekly Updates. The update series was started soon after the coup d'état in Myanmar with the aim to contribute to a greater understanding of the evolving situation there for informed action in support of the democratic movement in the country and beyond. Since 1 February 2021, Myanmar has been in turmoil as the Myanmar army, known…

Since 1 February 2021, Myanmar has been in turmoil as the Myanmar Army, known as the Tatmadaw, detained State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint following a general election which Suu Kyi’s NLD party won by a landslide. The coup d’état led by General Min Aung Hlaing brought an end to a decade of semi-democratic rule and returned full power to the military, a state of emergency and gross human rights abuses. Courageously, the population has been…

On 19 January 2022 at 3 pm (Bangkok Time), SEA Junction in collaboration with Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR) will hold the 19th #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar Bi-Weekly Updates. The update series was started soon after the coup d'état in Myanmar with the aim to contribute to a greater understanding of the evolving situation there for informed action in support of the democratic movement in the country and beyond. Since 1 February 2021, Myanmar has been in turmoil as the Myanmar army, known…

The exhibition “Defiant Art: A Year of Resistance to the Myanmar Coup in Images” will be accompanied with an event on 22 January 2022, 4:30-6:30 pm at SEA Junction, 4th floor, Bangkok Art and Culture Center (BACC). Speakers: Jorn Middelborg, CEO of Thavibu Art Advisory Looking back: art of resistance in Myanmar Timothy Tint, Artist Finding a role as an artist Ma Hnin, Oakkahta Support of artists in Myanmar and across the border Tara Abhasakun, Independent Journalist Meanwhile, in neighboring…

Entry - 300 baht for all (members and non-members) - proceeds to go to Myanmar media support fund Fundraising Night - Celebrating resilience: sounds, images, poetry and tastes of Myanmar Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Feb. 1 coup in Myanmar, the FCCT is hosting a gathering of photographic, musical, literary and culinary talent in collaboration with SEA Junction. Join us for the launch of a photographic exhibition, "Women Out On the Streets For a New Burma" (courtesy of SEA Junction)…

Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Feb. 1 coup in Myanmar, the Foreign Correspondence Club of Thailand (FCCT) is hosting the photo exhibition “Women Out on the Streets for a New Burma” from 24 January to 11 February in partnership with SEA Junction. First displayed by SEA Junction and its partners at BACC in December 2021, the exhibition shows how widespread, diverse and empowering women leadership and participation has been and continue to be in opposition to the military…