Myanmar
Journalist Jessica Mudditt on her time in Myanmar
Jessica Mudditt had the opportunity to live and work in Myanmar, during a brief window of history when it opened up to the world and experimented with democracy. Audio
Myanmar community in Dunedin holding solidarity event
A multi-media concert is being held in Dunedin tonight to generate solidarity for the people of Myanmar. Virginia Henderson, along with the Dunedin Myanmar community, has put the show together and… Audio
Myanmar risks coming to a standstill as violence worsens - UN
Violence in Myanmar is worsening, and the running of the state risks coming to a standstill, the UN Security Council has reportedly heard from its special envoy.
'I won't return to work': Myanmar coup cripples medical system
Myanmar's front-line medical workers are torn between their patients and working for a military government enforcing a brutal crackdown on the country, and many are finding it a precarious position.
Aye Min Thant: Myanmar in crisis
On the 1st of February Myanmar's military carried out a coup, seizing control of the country, undoing a democratic election in which Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party won by… Audio
The Myanmar beauty queen standing up to the military
Speeches by beauty pageant contestants rarely make headlines. But when Miss Grand Myanmar, spoke out against alleged atrocities committed by her country's military, her speech turned heads.
Myanmar's deposed leader, Suu Kyi, faces secrets law charge
Myanmar's deposed leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been charged with breaking a colonial-era official secrets law, the most serious charge against the veteran opponent of military rule.
Risks Myanmar might 'get much, much worse' says law professor
Top Human Rights watchdogs are calling on the international community to do more to protect people in Myanmar from its military rulers. That comes after armed forces opened fire on mourners at a… Audio
New Zealander flees Myanmar due to military violence
A New Zealander who fled Myanmar due to escalating military violence is calling for more international support for the Burmese community.
In the eight weeks since the military took power in a coup… Audio
Auckland vigil for peace in Myanmar as toll passes 80 deaths
Hundreds have attended a candlelit vigil in Auckland for Myanmar, as the death toll passes 80 and civilian leaders seek to legalise self-defence against armed forces.
Myanmar: India asked to return police who crossed border
Myanmar has asked neighbouring India to return several police officers who crossed the border seeking refuge after refusing to carry out orders.
Myanmar - a former child soldier looks back
As Myanmar continues to be under the grip of the latest coup, we look at the impact of military rule on the life of a former refugee who now lives in Wellington. Produced by Kadambari Raghukumar. Audio
Myanmar - a former child soldier looks back
As Myanmar continues to be under the grip of the latest coup, we look at the impact of military rule on the life of a former refugee who now lives in Wellington. Produced by Kadambari Raghukumar.
AudioAl Gillespie on rising tensions between the US and China
Waikato University's International Law professor Dr Alexander Gillespie is the author of a series of books on The Laws of War and The Causes of War, and the prospect of war is something we want to… Audio
Myanmar MPs allege 'gross human rights violations'
Some 300 Myanmar MPs have urged the United Nations to investigate "gross human rights violations" they allege have been carried out by the military.
Myanmar shuts down internet amid anti-coup rallies
Myanmar's military rulers have shut down the country's internet as thousands of people joined the largest rally yet against Monday's coup.
Myanmar Coup: Aung San Suu Kyi detained as military seizes power.
Bangkok-based journalist and writer and Regional Director of Fortify Rights, Ismail Wolff, joins Bryan Crump with the latest on the coup in Myanmar. Audio
Military coup underway in Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi detained
Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained in an early morning raid, and a military coup is underway.
The military has declared a state of emergency, and the commander-in-chief of the armed… Audio
Myanmar jade mine landslide kills more than 100
At least 113 bodies have been found after a landslide at a jade mining site in northern Myanmar, officials say.
Christina Lamb: bearing witness to war crimes against women
The decorated war correspondent Christina Lamb (Farewell Kabul, I Am Malala) has written a harrowing history of what war does to women. Our Bodies, Their Battlefield is her attempt to tell the true… Audio
