Myanmar Coup Leaders Shut Down Facebook to Quell Opposition
The military junta in control of Myanmar has shut down Facebook and other social media platforms in an attempt to silence the opposition.
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Myanmar Military Seizes Power in Coup, Arrests Key Government Leaders
Myanmar’s military has staged a coup and declared a year-long state of national emergency amid Western condemnation.
The Business of Drugs: A Navy SEAL & a CIA officer tackle the drug trade
What happens when a former Navy SEAL and a former CIA officer get together and decide to study the drug trade? A splendid and gripping documentary series. The Bussiness of Drugs, which premiers today on NETFLIX, offers an original approach to the international drug trade. Created and produced by former Navy SEAL and journalist Kaj […]
In photographs: Free Burma Rangers complete final training exercise in jungle
Editor’s note: The content and photographs in this article are courtesy of Stanton Sharpe. Run your cursor over the photos for captions. For background information on the Free Burma Rangers in Burma and Myanmar, please visit this link. New Free Burma Ranger teams are routinely field tested on various skills throughout the course of the […]
US doubles aid to Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar humanitarian crisis
The United States will be doubling its financial aid to the Rohingya Muslims. According to a report from Reuters, around 700,000 Rohingya Muslims have been displaced from their homes in Myanmar. Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, made the announcement earlier this week. The crisis began in 2017 after Rohingya allied groups […]
Bangladesh to stop labeling refugees ‘forcibly displaced’ due to Myanmar request
Until now, the Bangladesh government has been labeling Rohingya refugees out of Myanmar as “forcibly displaced” since October of last year. At that point in time, approximately 500,000 people had fled from the military violence in Myanmar across the border and into Bangladesh. Since then, an additional 200,000 has made for a total of 700,000 […]
Monsoon season around the world
Monsoons around the world have been particularly devastating this year — from the refugee camps in Myanmar and Bangladesh to south India to the trapped kids in Thailand, the heavy rainy season has been brutal and unrelenting. In south India, BBC has reported that approximately 324 people have died due to the rains — many […]
Myanmar, the US State Department, and the word ‘Genocide’
“Genocide” is a word sometimes used colloquially for conflicts with large, targeted campaigns and high civilian death rates. It is also used in official capacities, with specific definitions — in Article II of the UN’s “Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide,” Genocide is defined: [Genocide is] any of the following acts committed with […]
Thousands of Rohingya stuck between Myanmar and Bangladesh, armed guards to one side, land mines to the other
The headlines have been flooded with the Rohingya and their expulsion from their home country of Myanmar/Burma over the last year. Sources say approximately 90% of the population of Muslim Rohingya were driven from their homes, and into the neighboring country of Bangladesh — that’s around 700,000 people. Many civilians were killed in the attacks […]
Pompeo implores release of imprisoned Reuters journalists in Myanmar/Burma
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently met with Myanmar/Burma’s Foreign Minister, U Kyaw Tin, at the 51st ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting, located in Singapore. Pompeo urged the release of two Reuters journalists who are being held and charged with breaking a colonial-era “Official Secrets Act.” Pompeo later tweeted: Today at @ASEAN ministerials, I spoke […]
‘Witness’ and the other worlds around us
If you haven’t seen the movie, don’t spoil it here — watch it first, then come back. There are a substantial amount of films with the same rough outline: a protagonist is caught up in some violent conflict, is forced to stay or live among a more “tribal” people, and learns that what many consider […]
Monsoons hit Myanmar/Burma hard
In contrast to the devastating drought in Afghanistan, Myanmar/Burma has been experiencing intensely heavy monsoons recently. The rainy season comes every year around this time, and every once in a while it is particularly bad — in 2015, 100 people were killed, and 330,000 people were driven from their homes. This year, so far approximately […]
