Myanmar
Al 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
Nauru joins multi-country pact to keep supply chains open despite Covid-19 pandemic
Nauru has issued a joint statement with nine other countries, committing to ensure the countries' supply chain remains connected despite the global Covid-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 outbreak has made China a 'pedestrian's paradise'
Lew Dagger has been in China for the past twenty years. He lives and works in Jinghong in the south of Yunnan, close to the Myanmar border. He joins the show for an update on the impact coronavirus… Audio
Asia Correspondent Ed White
Ed talks to Kathryn about a new report based on interviews with hundreds of North Korean defectors, which has revealed the healthcare for women and infants in the country is likely in a far worse… Audio
The hunt for Asia's El Chapo
Tse Chi Lop is suspected of leading a vast multinational drug trafficking syndicate through the Asia-Pacific region that is raking in up to $17 billion a year. Journalist Tom Allard has been on the… Audio
Asia correspondent Ed White
Two years on from the atrocities in Myanmar's western Rakhine state the outlook remains grim for the more than one million people who fled Myanmar and are now refugees in Bangladesh. Ed White is a… Audio
Myanmar Rohingya crackdown was genocidal, UN failed in response - report
The UN's handling of a 2017 "genocidal" crackdown on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar was a "systemic failure" because of a lack of any unified strategy or support from the Security Council, a report says.
Pilot in Myanmar lands plane without front wheels
A Myanmar pilot has safely landed a jet without front wheels after the landing gear failed to deploy.
Reuters journalists released from Myanmar prison
Two Reuters journalists jailed for their reporting on war atrocities in Myanmar have finally been released from prison, more than 500 days after they were incarcerated. Some observers say it could… Audio
Rohingya refugees desperate as UN makes genocide claims
A UN report has accused Myanmar's military leaders of carrying out genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity against Muslim Rohingyas and other ethnic minorities. Virginia Pycroft is a New… Audio
'Killing indiscriminately, gang raping women, assaulting children'
A UN report has said top military figures in Myanmar must be investigated for genocide in Rakhine state and crimes against humanity in other areas.
Francis Wade - Myanmar's Enemy Within
Francis Wade is a UK foreign correspondent who is a Myanmar specialist. His work has appeared in The Guardian, Al Jazeera English, Asia Times Online, Foreign Policy, and Los Angeles Review of Books… Audio
The bid to prosecute Aung San Suu Kyi
Lawyers in Melbourne have filed a private prosecution application against Myanmar's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, on charges of crimes against humanity. The Attorney General says that the Myanmar leader… Audio
Thousands of Rohingya killed in Myanmar, charity estimates
Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) estimates more than six and a half thousand Rohingya were killed in the first month of a military crackdown in Myanmar. The charity surveyed thousands of Rohingya… Audio