UN Reports That Myanmar Military Must Be Charged With Genocide
It’s been nearly a year since Myanmar’s military began targeting Rohingya Muslims, carrying out a massive, extremely…
An AP Reporter on Journalistic Empathy and Documenting Mass Rape in Myanmar
Last week, the Associated Press published a nightmarish story about the mass rape of Rohingya women in the Rakhine…
Rohingya Women Describe Unfathomable Sexual Violence
A new Associated Press report on the Rohingya refugee crisis illuminates, in excruciating detail, the methodical and…
Rohingya Muslim Mothers Watch Their Children Slaughtered as Ethnic Cleansing in Myanmar Escalates
Entire villages of Rohingya Muslims in the Buddhist-controlled country of Myanmar have been wiped out, with survivors…
Trump Administration Rejects Its Own Research on Economic Benefits of Accepting Refugees
Trump’s presidential memorandum in March implementing his travel ban also solicited a study on refugees from the…
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Likely to Be Elected President in Myanmar, But Will Be Barred from Taking Office
Myanmar is holding its first more-or-less free election in decades, and opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner…
Burmese Women's Rights Activists Get Death Threats from Monks for Talking About Sexual Health
Female activists in Myanmar, also known as Burma, say they’re receiving death threats from extremist Buddhist monks…
Finding Caitlyn Jenner in Burma
The Diane Sawyer interview with the then-Bruce Jenner was the first live television event I had watched in recent…
Myanmar Passes Bill to Prevent Buddhist Women from Marrying Muslims
Myanmar’s parliament has passed a controversial measure that will make it much harder for Buddhist women to marry…
Myanmar Movie Audiences Will Get a Crash-Course in Pop Culture with Release of Titanic 3-D
An American movie hasn't played in Myanmar's movie theaters in so long that even the Hollywood box office tabulators…
Democracy Can Be Really Exhausting
An election official rests at the end of the polling at a polling station in Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, April. 1, 2012.…
Row, Row, Row Your Boats
JAKARTA, INDONESIA - NOVEMBER 19: The Myanmar Women's 22 crew paddle during traditional boat racing on day nine of the…
Pro Democracy Activist Enjoys Much-Deserved Freedom
YANGON, MYANMAR, NOVEMBER 14: Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi gestures during her first press…
Waiting For Democracy
[Yangon, Burma, November 5: A woman sits by a campaign poster hung for the upcoming election in Myanmar, which many say…
Cloudy With A Chance Of Powers
[Sydney, October 27. Image via Getty]
Someone To Watch Over Me
[Mandalay, September 28. Image via Getty]
Balancing Act
[Yangon, September 27. Image via Getty]
Safe Havens
[Thai/Myanmar border, June 18. Image via Getty]
Sending Out An S.O.S.
[Tokyo, June 19. Image via Getty]
It Was A Nice Day For A White Voter
Welcome back kids! How was el fin de semana? Because it sure sucked for a lot of our overseas amigos! A devastating…