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    When Asean just isn't Asean enough

    News, Johanna Son, Published on 13/09/2018

    » China's bullying may be the first of Asean's headaches to come to mind, but its weakest links are those that have been gnawing away at its insides -- and undermining its members' own "Asean-ness".

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    Myanmar journalists wait and watch

    News, Johanna Son, Published on 08/02/2021

    » 'Some horrible things are likely to happen," one journalist said. Added another: "They can arrest [us] anytime." A reporter predicted: "There will be a darker period for us." "I feel lost," one journalist said with a sigh. "We are unsafe and insecure."

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    The minefield of reporting the Rohingya

    News, Johanna Son, Published on 19/04/2018

    » When the Myanmar Journalism Institute held a discussion on the Rohingya crisis, it had to be an "invitation only" event instead of a public one. In Myanmar media, it has become mainstream to avoid using the word Rohingya and keep some distance from a topic that is too sensitive and too risky for the political and financial survival of news outlets.

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    Philippines split on Duterte's drug war

    News, Johanna Son, Published on 21/12/2016

    » Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte doesn't bat an eyelash when saying he shot dead three criminals as city mayor more than 20 years ago, but sheds tears when visiting soldiers wounded in battle. The 71-year-old president makes off-colour jokes about women, but has named no less than five women in his cabinet, including three from leftist backgrounds.

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