Myanmar coup
- Analysis
- Asia
There is war in our backyard and we have forgotten all about it
As everyone was absorbing the RBA’s decision to raise interest rates on Tuesday evening, one economist received something of a rock-star reception in Sydney.
- Michael Ruffles
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- Opinion
- Myanmar
Myanmar’s elections will be neither free nor fair. But could they rattle the deadly status quo?
Min Aung Hlaing is desperate for his regime to be seen as legitimate, and he believes elections starting on December 28 are a means to that end.
- Zach Hope
Junta airstrikes on Myanmar hospital kill at least 33
The hit could be the deadliest on a hospital in almost five years of Myanmar civil war.
- Zach Hope
‘Deluded’ Trump administration deems Myanmar safe, tells citizens to go back home
Human rights groups have condemned the move, accusing the US of aiding and abetting the Myanmar military junta which is “actively seeking to crush its people”.
- Zach Hope
- Analysis
- War
The deadly war raging on Australia’s doorstep that Trump won’t touch
Credit where it’s due, the US president has been making things happen in the Middle East. But there is another brutal conflict no one will touch, even as the UN pleads for help.
- Zach Hope
How a river saved a village when war reached its doorstep
The day the fighting neared their village, the residents of Pu Lu Palaw made for the river. Thai soldiers helped them cross. But peace was only fleeting.
- Kate Geraghty and Zach Hope
The teenage chef, the rice farmer – and the day that changed their lives forever
Ko Khant and Min Aung once lived in vastly different worlds, hundreds of kilometres apart. Then came February 1, 2021.
- Zach Hope and Kate Geraghty
Caught in a $60b scam, these workers tried to flee but the soldiers were waiting
It starts with a fake job ad and a free plane ticket to Bangkok. But when you cross into Myanmar’s lawless borderlands, you realise what you’ve walked into.
- Zach Hope and Kate Geraghty
- Analysis
- World politics
Sex drops and whiskey packets: The bizarre market built around a barbed wire fence
An international border separates the vendors from customers, while behind it people live in the middle of a river, knowing their houses will soon be washed away.
- Zach Hope
How Elon Musk’s Starlink enables a multibillion-dollar online scam industry
Looking across the Moei River from Thailand, you can see them on the distant Myanmar rooftops – dozens of white rectangles, arranged in clusters. They’re a warning sign for what could be lurking underneath.
- Zach Hope and Kate Geraghty