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Author Archives: David Scott Mathieson

An ethnic woman takes a selfie with Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi after the opening ceremony of the 21st Century Panglong Conference in Naypyitaw, Myanmar May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun - RTX37CJT
Posted inMyanmar

Suu Kyi stirs ethnic pot ahead of Myanmar elections

by David Scott Mathieson February 12, 2020February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Myanmar

Myanmar’s get out of jail free card

by David Scott Mathieson January 31, 2020February 18, 2020
Myanmar military chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing salutes during military exercises in the Ayeyarwaddy delta region in February 2018. Photo: AFP/Pool/STR
Posted inAT Finance, Myanmar

Myanmar military chief seeks Muslim redemption

by David Scott Mathieson September 24, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Myanmar

Why war will never end in Myanmar

by David Scott Mathieson August 20, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Myanmar

A new war rages in Myanmar

by David Scott Mathieson January 15, 2019February 18, 2020
一名阿拉干軍隊士兵在一個不公開地點現身。相片:Youtube
Posted inAT Finance, Myanmar

緬甸若開邦再次被叛亂分子破壞

by David Scott Mathieson January 7, 2019February 18, 2020
An Arakan Army rebel soldier at an undisclosed location. Photo: Youtube
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, India, Japan, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Myanmar’s Rakhine torched anew by insurgent fire

by David Scott Mathieson January 3, 2019February 18, 2020
2007年9月26日,在馬尼拉馬卡蒂市(Makati City)的緬甸大使館外一個集會上,一名社運人士在呼籲緬甸促進和平與民主的集會上,高舉時任反對派領袖昂山素姬的海報。相片:Reuters / Darren Whiteside
Posted inUncategorized

昂山素姬的人權鬥士形象瓦解

by David Scott Mathieson November 16, 2018February 18, 2020
An activist holds a poster of then pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a rally calling for peace and democracy in Myanmar, outside the building housing the Myanmar Embassy in Makati City, Manila September 26, 2007. Photo: 
Reuters/Darren Whiteside
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, European Union, France, Japan, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

End of days for Suu Kyi’s iconography

by David Scott Mathieson November 14, 2018February 18, 2020
Army chief Snr General Min Aung Hlaing has told media groups they could face legal action over unverified reports about the military. Photo: AFP / Thet Aung
Posted inAfghanistan, AT Finance, Bangladesh, Myanmar, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Harsh light shines on Myanmar’s military abuses

by David Scott Mathieson September 18, 2018February 18, 2020
A journalist poses during a protest by local media to demand the release of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo (pictured in posters behind). Photo: AFP/Thiha Lwin
Posted inAT Finance, Japan, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Singapore, United Kingdom, World

From hope to despair for Myanmar’s mangled media

by David Scott Mathieson September 4, 2018February 18, 2020
A Rohingya refugee man stands before Kutupalong camp in Ukhia near Cox's Bazar on August 13, 2018.Photo: AFP/Chandan Khanna
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, European Union, Italy, Japan, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, World

Storm of accountability gathers over Myanmar

by David Scott Mathieson August 17, 2018February 18, 2020
A Myanmar police officer looks at a notice displayed on a fence at a Muslim household during a census taking at the village of Theechaung on the outskirts of Sittwe in the western Myanmar state of Rakhine, April 1, 2014. Photo: AFP/ Soe Than Win
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Myanmar scrambles to avoid its day in court

by David Scott Mathieson June 14, 2018February 18, 2020
Sri Lanka's War Memorial at Kilinochchi, April 2018. Photo: David Scott Mathieson
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, China, European Union, India, Israel, Laos, Middle East, Myanmar, Russia, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, United Kingdom, World

Myanmar is on a Sri Lankan path to impunity

by David Scott Mathieson May 21, 2018February 18, 2020
Students take part in a rally demanding peace in war-torn Kachin state in Yangon, Myanmar May 12, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Stringer
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, China, European Union, Myanmar, Russia, South Asia, Thailand, World

Peace is war in Myanmar

by David Scott Mathieson May 17, 2018February 18, 2020
A silhouetted Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army fighter against the rebel group's flag. Photo: Youtube
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Bangladesh, France, Iraq, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Oceania, Pakistan, South Asia, Syria, World

The curious disappearance of Myanmar’s Rohingya rebels

by David Scott Mathieson May 13, 2018February 18, 2020
Rohingya collect rainwater at a temporary refugee camp near Kanyin Chaung jetty, Myanmar, after being rescued from a boat carrying 734 people off Myanmar's southern coast in June 2015. Photo: Reuters
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, South Asia, Thailand, World

Hard rain’s gonna fall on Rohingya refugees

by David Scott Mathieson April 2, 2018February 18, 2020
Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi stands next to national flags of Australia and Myanmar at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, March 19, 2018.    Photo: AAP via Reuters/Mick Tsikas
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, World

How the West won and lost Myanmar

by David Scott Mathieson March 29, 2018February 18, 2020
Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull shakes hands with Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, March 19, 2018.    Photo: AAP via Reuters/Mick Tsikas
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, European Union, Indonesia, Iraq, Middle East, Myanmar, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, South Asia, Syria, Thailand, United Kingdom, World

Turnbull lends Suu Kyi a blind helping hand

by David Scott Mathieson March 20, 2018February 18, 2020
A Rohingya girl grieves outside of a UNHCR tent in Bangladesh in a file photo. Photo: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun Photo
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Japan, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Thailand, Turkey

Bulldozing the truth in Myanmar

by David Scott Mathieson March 14, 2018February 18, 2020

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