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For five year now the people for Myanmar have been fighting to restore democracy after the coup on 1st February 2021 by General Min Aung Hlaing following the landslide victory of the National League of Democracy (NLD) in the general election of 2020.  State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, President Win Myint and other key officials and political activists were arrested, and within a matter of days, youths and older people from all walks of life began to pour onto the…

Event Background Asia Insight Technology will host a research launch and panel discussion, titled Decoding Myanmar’s 2026 Economy, to share findings from qualitative interviews with Myanmar stakeholders conducted under existing social, and political constraints. This research, based largely on perspectives from civil society actors, displaced communities, and economic stakeholders operating beyond formal state structures, explores how political, economic, and social risks are currently perceived and navigated. The findings examine significant uncertainty and structural fragility, while also highlighting a common hope…

On 19 February, 2026 at 4-5pm (Bangkok Time), SEA Junction in collaboration with media partners, Mizzima and The Irrawaddy, will hold the 58th#WhatsHappeninginMyanmr.This update is the aim of contributing to a greater understanding of the crisis situation there for informed action in support of the democratic movement in the country and beyond. Since February 2021, Myanmar has been in turmoil as the Myanmar Army, known as Tatmadaw, detained State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint following a…

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. As a special highlight this month, there’s a restocking of books from Thai publishers. New and used books that are double…

On 21 February 2026 at 5-6.30 pm SEA Junction with support from the John F. Kennedy Foundation of Thailand is holding a public discussion of the newly revised book Tai Magic written by Susan Conway and published by Silkworm Books. Drawing on four years of extensive fieldwork in the Shan States and northern Thailand, Susan Conway provides a colorful picture of the people who create magic and explains how mystical remedies are prescribed and the rituals involved. This new edition…

For generations, the prosperity of Southeast Asia has been closely tied to its deep and productive relationship with the sea. Today, hundreds of millions of people depend on the region’s blue economy for their livelihoods, and the fisheries and seafood processing sectors remain central to economic growth. In recent decades, rapid but uneven socio-economic development has led to a growing reliance on migrant workers to fill labour shortages in these industries, as many nationals in richer economies turn away from…

Background Khlong Toey (meaning pandan leaf canal) is an urban district in Bangkok expressing the city profound socio-economic divides. Right in the heart of the capital and close to the main port, Khlong Toey hosts the city’s largest low-income community of about 100,000 people. Born in the 1950s on land owned by the Port Authority of Thailand out of a squatter settlement of migrants from the North and the North East of Thailand, it continues to expand as the need…