Panic buying grips Yangon after shadow government in Myanm...
September 8, 2021
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By: Tan Hui Yee
The announcement of a state of emergency by Duwa Lashi triggered panic buying in Yangon. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
Long queues formed at supermarkets a...
Resistance groups fight Myanmar junta in the light and sha...
September 1, 2021
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By: Tan Hui Yee
In the absence of clear direction, Myanmar looks headed for a prolonged armed conflict as the junta and disparate resistance groups face off.PHOTO:...
Delicate task for Asean special envoy to Myanmar, but the...
August 7, 2021
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By: Tan Hui Yee
Brunei's second foreign minister Erywan Yusof has been declared Asean's special envoy to Myanmar.PHOTO: REUTERS
Brunei's Second Foreign Minister...
A wary Sino-US dance around the Myanmar morass
May 25, 2021
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By: Tan Hui Yee
ST ILLUSTRATION: MANNY FRANCISCO
On May 12, shortly after Myanmar marked 100 days after the military coup, US officials tweeted that its Pr...
Asean has now got its foot in crisis-locked Myanmar's door
April 27, 2021
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By: Tan Hui Yee
Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing arriving at the Asean leaders' meeting in Jakarta on April 24, 2021, where he justified his Feb 1 coup.PHOTO:...
Pulling Myanmar from the brink will be a fraught effort
March 20, 2021
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By: Tan Hui Yee
Protesters throw molotov cocktails in an attempt to block security forces in Yangon on March 16, 2021.PHOTO: NYTIMES
Molotov cocktails have been...
Calls by Myanmar anti-coup protesters for international mi...
March 3, 2021
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By: Tan Hui Yee
Masses in the country of 54 million have refused to submit to the military coup.PHOTO: EPA-EFE
As the carnage unfolded on Myanmar's streets ...
Diplomacy will be a high-wire act as resistance to militar...
March 1, 2021
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By: Tan Hui Yee
People march along a street to protest against the military coup in Mandalay, Myanmar, on Feb 26, 2021.PHOTO: NYTIMES
Nearly one month after ...
Myanmar has no easy way back to elections
February 17, 2021
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By: Tan Hui Yee
People are seen during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon on Feb 16, 2021. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
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Gen Z breaks out from Suu Kyi's shadow, takes charge of re...
February 16, 2021
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By: Tan Hui Yee
A young generation of political activists critical of her leadership is now setting the political agenda.PHOTO: EPA-EFE
The slight, mild-mannered...
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi faces party-renewal challenge
December 8, 2020
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By: Tan Hui Yee
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With Myanmar's ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) secure after its thumping victory in the Nov 8 general...
Myanmar poll: Despite controversy, all signs point to reso...
November 13, 2020
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By: Tan Hui Yee
Supporters of the National League for Democracy party hold posters with the image of Myanmar state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon, on Nov 9,...
As Covid-19 infections climb, Myanmar's election machinery...
October 10, 2020
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By: Tan Hui Yee
With its biggest city locked down, factories shut, coronavirus infection rates climbing by some 1,000 or more every day and death toll crossing 500, c...
Myanmar polls likely to be subdued, with Suu Kyi win expec...
September 10, 2020
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By: Tan Hui Yee
Myanmar state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi raising the flag at for the National League for Democracy party to mark the first day of campaigning, in N...
From drink bottles to tobacco sachets, UN study traces pla...
May 31, 2020
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By: Tan Hui Yee
Municipal trash dumped at an open landfill in Thailand risks filling a nearby tributary of the Mekong river with plastic waste whenever it is rainy or...
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