The European Union on Tuesday imposed sanctions on nine people, including two senior Taliban government members, Russian military officers and police, as well as an Iranian prison facility, accusing them all of links to rights violations and the sexual…
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Myanmar’s school system in shambles since coup as high school exam-takers plunge 80%
Battered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the military coup and an ensuing civil war, Myanmar’s school system is in shambles. The number of high school students taking a key exam has plunged 80%, parents, teachers and educational experts say.To protest agains…
Read MoreHead of US Army Pacific Names Challenges Posed by Beijing
The top U.S. Army commander in the Indo-Pacific recently gave a ground-up view of the challenges posed by China’s military buildup in the region, citing munitions shortage as among the areas the United States should strengthen to effectively deter pote…
Read MoreVietnam ranked world’s fifth worst country for internet freedom
Vietnam is among the worst countries for respecting internet freedom, according to a study by Freedom House, a New York-based non-profit organization funded mainly by the U.S. government. On Oct. 18 it published its ‘Freedom on the Net 2022’ report…
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Technology: a problem or a solution in Myanmar’s revolution?
Published by Global Voices Image by Htet Wai. Used with permission Myanmar was long considered a pariah state while under the rule of an oppressive military junta from 1962 to 2011. The country was opened for democratization in 2011, followed…
Read MoreFor Myanmar’s youth, college becomes another casualty of country’s turmoil
Security concerns led to a dramatic decline in the number of students who registered for the first university entrance exams in Myanmar since the military coup, sources said Thursday, citing ongoing unrest and armed conflict in the Southeast Asian nati…
Read MoreNorthern Shan State Villagers Flee Regime Airstrikes
According to a local source who asked not to be named, mostly elderly people, women and children fled the Mong Yaw area in vehicles or on motorbikes when the regime attacked with fighter jets. The man believes that many of…
Read MoreStudy Nixes Mars Life in Meteorite Found in Antarctica
A 4-billion-year-old meteorite from Mars that caused a splash here on Earth decades ago contains no evidence of ancient, primitive Martian life after all, scientists reported Thursday.In 1996, a NASA-led team announced that organic compounds in the roc…
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‘Let’s hold the line together for truth!’
Published by Philippine Star We stand in solidarity with Rappler CEO Maria Ressa speaking in Oslo, Norway, as “representative of every journalist who is forced to sacrifice so much to hold the line, to stay true to our values and…
Read MoreUS Senate Rejects Biden’s Vaccine Mandate for Businesses
The Senate narrowly approved a resolution Wednesday to nullify the Biden administration’s requirement that businesses with 100 or more workers have their employees be vaccinated against the coronavirus or submit to weekly testing.The vote was 52-48. Th…
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