The move against the deposed civilian leader was a curious coda to the army’s rapid dismantling of the country’s nascent democracy.
Author: HANNAH BEECH
After Coup, Myanmar Military Charges Aung San Suu Kyi With Obscure Infraction
The move against the deposed civilian leader was a curious coda to the army’s rapid dismantling of the country’s nascent democracy.
Myanmar’s Army Is Back in Charge. It Never Truly Left.
With the coup, the generals are ripping apart their prized project: a democratic front for a political system that still heavily favored them.
In Myanmar Coup, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Ends as Neither Democracy Hero nor Military Foil
The army’s detention of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi brought an abrupt end to the theory that she might strike a workable balance between civilian and military power.
Myanmar’s Leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Is Detained Amid Coup
Communications were suspended and flights disrupted as the military took power from an elected government and declared a one-year state of emergency.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Detained in Myanmar Amid Coup Fears
The action came after mounting indications of an impending coup in the Southeast Asian nation.
Court in Thailand Sentences Woman to 43 Years for Criticizing Monarchy
Lawyers said it was the longest sentence yet for violating Thailand’s notoriously harsh lèse-majesté law.
Conjuring Up the World Through the Sense of Taste
Housebound because of the pandemic, an international correspondent finds a way to travel the globe in her kitchen.
A Company Made P.P.E. for the World. Now Its Workers Have the Virus.
Top Glove, the world’s largest rubber glove maker, has enjoyed record profits in the pandemic, even as thousands of its low-paid workers in Malaysia suffer from a large outbreak of Covid-19.
Sesame Street Creates New Muppets for Rohingya Refugees
Noor and Aziz are Rohingya Muppets who will feature in educational programming that will be shown in refugee camps.