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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".
Exiles take the war in Myanmar abroad
News, Johanna Son, Published on 28/02/2022
» An ousted legislator from Myanmar, doing kitchen work in a restaurant in the United States, sends half of his salary to the forces battling the military that seized power in his country. From "home" in a Southeast Asian country, a Myanmar national says nightly prayers for his country at a makeshift altar.
UNHCR: No one ever chooses to become a refugee
Oped, Johanna Son, Published on 22/05/2021
» Refugees, people fleeing air strikes by the Myanmar military, and those who are at risk of political persecution, have been the focus of attention in the months since the Feb 1 coup.
Rohingya still a 'throwaway people'
News, Johanna Son, Published on 17/09/2019
» The second anniversary of the Rohingyas' exodus from Myanmar has come and gone, exposing how Southeast Asia's biggest humanitarian disaster in recent times has become a festering wound that all see but cannot or will not salve, much less heal.
For urban asylum seekers, uncertainty is the certainty
News, Johanna Son, Published on 28/05/2018
» Waiting, perhaps for something, perhaps for nothing much, perhaps tomorrow, or perhaps never. Being in a permanent state of uncertainty may well be what life is for many urban asylum seekers in Bangkok and other cities in Southeast Asia.
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.
Looking for 'Asean way' in Rohingya crisis
News, Johanna Son, Published on 26/03/2018
» In Asean's search for a role in the maze that is the political and humanitarian disaster unfolding from Myanmar's Rakhine crisis, it is finding that some paths are closed off, a few remain passable despite barriers -- and others are clear but way too risky to head into.