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A camp in Pawktaw, Myanmar, for Rohingya displaced by violence in 2012

Inside the ‘glaringly dysfunctional’ UN mission in Myanmar

17 July 2017

While the UN appears split in Myanmar, the Rohingya suffer. But is change coming?

News

New allegations of Myanmar security forces raping Rohingya women
4 July 2017
Yet more allegations against Myanmar's security forces render government promises to uphold human rights meaningless
Investigations

EXCLUSIVE: Pakistan recruiting Taliban fighters into pro-government militias
3 July 2017
Is it wise for Pakistan to commandeer Taliban members to fight rival militant groups on its behalf?

Starvation threatens hundreds trapped by fighting in Philippine city
19 June 2017 News
IRIN wins top Asia award for video reporting
15 June 2017 News
Sri Lanka disaster authorities failed to issue early warnings for storm that killed 202 people
31 May 2017 News

News

Inside Marawi: Death toll nears 100 as Philippines security forces battle Islamist militants
29 May 2017
President Rodrigo Duterte has declared martial law in order to defeat militants. Will it just lead to more conflict?
Feature

Vietnam’s response to climate change? A shrimp and mangrove cocktail
23 May 2017
An innovative project capitalises on rising sea levels and salinisation
Opinion

The real crisis in North Korea is not the one you’ve been hearing about
18 May 2017
Obsessing over DPRK’s nuclear programme and its leader's bombastic statements misses the real story – the country’s people
Feature

Kashmir earthquake: What happened to 12 years and $6 billion?
12 May 2017
Pakistan’s school reconstruction plan since the 2005 Kashmir earthquake has failed miserably. Where did it all go wrong?
News

Support journalism you believe in
3 May 2017
On World Press Freedom Day, and at a time of unprecedented crisis and complexity, trusted fact-based journalism has never been more important.
Feature

Preying on disaster: How human trafficking has spiked in quake-shattered Nepal
26 April 2017
Out of desperation, many Nepalis seek to leave their devastated country to work overseas, only to fall into the hands of traffickers

In pictures: Two years on, quake-hit Nepalis still rebuilding on their own
24 April 2017 Photo feature
As quake-prone Asia urbanises, shoddy construction raises disaster risk
19 April 2017 Feature
Pakistan investigating NGOs accused of promoting blasphemy and pornography
14 April 2017 News
Pushed out of Pakistan into war-torn Afghanistan, refugees are told to be ‘patient’
13 April 2017 News
China to relocate millions of people away from disaster zones
11 April 2017 Feature
Can $10 billion and political reforms bring peace to Pakistan’s restive frontier?
5 April 2017 Feature

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