The sequestered Games have left the host city feeling like anything but.
Author: HANNAH BEECH
Top Myanmar General Says Military Rule Will Continue Into 2023
Six months after seizing power, the junta’s leader on Sunday extended a state of emergency for two more years. Protesters said they would persevere.
China’s Olympic Goal: The Most Golds, at Any Cost
China relies on a system that puts tens of thousands of children in government-run training schools. Many of the young athletes are funneled into less prominent sports that Beijing hopes to dominate.
Taekwondo Is Path to Medals for Countries That Rarely Get Them
Ivory Coast and Jordan won their first-ever Olympic golds, thanks to taekwondo, as did Taiwan. Afghanistan’s only Olympic medals, a pair of bronzes, came from it, too.
U Nyan Win, a Lawyer for Aung San Suu Kyi, Dies of Covid
The death of U Nyan Win, a lawyer for Aung San Suu Kyi who was locked up for months after a February coup, pointed to the growing toll of Myanmar’s outbreak.
As Covid Rages in Myanmar, Army Hoards Oxygen, Doctors Say
The military has ordered oxygen withheld from private clinics and even stopped charities from giving it away, medical workers and others say.
This Lawyer Loses Most of His Cases. And He’s Proud of It.
“The case is lost,” says U Khin Maung Zaw, a human rights lawyer in Myanmar who is representing Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, “but the cause is won.”
Resistance Fighters Battle Myanmar’s Military in Mandalay
A shootout in Myanmar’s second-biggest city was the first time the military and a group of armed civilians known as the People’s Defense Force clashed in a major urban area.
On the Covid Front Lines, When Not Getting Belly Rubs
In Thailand and around the world, dogs are being trained to sniff out the coronavirus in people. So far, the results have been impressive.