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The Irrawaddy and SEA Junction have joined together to provide bi-weekly updates on the latest developments in Myanmar. 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 coupled by General Min Aung Hlaing brought an end to a decade of semi-democratic rule and returned full power to…

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about unprecedented challenges to the entire arts sector. Many arts organizations have been coerced to reduce their staffing or even close down. The venue-based sectors (such as museums, performing arts, live music, festivals, etc.) have been hardest hit by the lockdowns and restriction on gathering. As the activities have been constantly postponed or canceled and reduced in amount, the artists and cultural workers have lost income and become unemployed. Out of work and unable to…

In collaboration with its partners and with the support of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (Thailand Office), Bangkok Tribune Online News Agency has come up with a monthly forum on issues of importance, under the project, “Dialogue Forum”. This is to facilitate and provide a space for discussions and exchanges of dialogues and views as well as information regarding critical social and environmental issues both in Thailand and the Mekong region, thus not only bridging the gap and connecting the dots, but also helping…

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 by General Min Aung Hlaing brought an end to a decade of semi-democratic rule and returned full power to the military. Courageously, the population has been resisting and demanding the release of the imprisoned leaders and the…

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 by General Min Aung Hlaing brought an end to a decade of semi-democratic rule and returned full power to the military. Courageously, the population has been resisting and demanding the release of the imprisoned leaders and the…

  Following the Extended 44th Session of the World Heritage Committee, which was held online during July 16-31, the world’s community has learned one critical fact that a number of World Heritage Sites across the globe as well as in the region –including Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex, Luang Prabang Town, to the Great Barrier Reef, or even those on a nomination list like Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex– have been facing increasing needs for their resources from development or utilization,…

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 by General Min Aung Hlaing brought an end to a decade of semi-democratic rule and returned full power to the military. Courageously, the population has been resisting and demanding the release of the imprisoned leaders and the…