Journalist & photographer
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2012/0530/Another-sign-of-Myanmar-reform-Aung-San-Suu-Kyi-s-visit-to-Thailand Samut Sakhon, Thailand – Making her first trip outside Myanmar in almost a quarter-century, opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi spoke with impoverished Myanmar migrant workers in neighboring Thailand…
http://www.irrawaddy.org/archives/5383 SAMUT SAKHON – Making her first foreign visit in 24 years, this morning Burma opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi addressed a crowd of around 2000 Burmese migrants in…
MANILA – In a landmark trial the Philippines chief justice was impeached yesterday, a major political score for President Benigno Aquino III's anti-corruption campaign - an effort that officials feel…
http://www.irrawaddy.org/archives/4987 BANGKOK—An exiled Rohingya activist last night appealed to MPs and to National League for Democracy (NLD) leader Aung San Suu Kyi to assist the almost 2 million Rohingya living…
Two and a half years to the day since the world’s worst-ever single mass killing of journalists took place in the southern Philippines, many suspects remain at large, the trial…
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2012/0522/Filipinos-back-government-on-China-dispute-but-want-more-diplomacy http://www.minnpost.com/christian-science-monitor/2012/05/filipinos-back-government-china-dispute-want-more-diplomacy MANILA – As a territorial row between China and the Philippines continues in the South China Sea – known here as the West Philippine Sea – Filipinos are…
http://www.rte.ie/news/player/world-report/2012/0520/ – radio story (realplayer required) http://the-diplomat.com/2012/05/22/justice-in-the-philippines/ MANILA – A poster at the Paranaque city hall in Manila reads ‘Uphold Judicial Independence,’ claiming that the rights of chief justice Renato…
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/NE16Ae01.html BANGKOK – While a crackdown on protesters has added controversy to Malaysia’s pre-election run-up, economic affairs could have a bigger bearing on the result. Speculation that parliamentary elections could…
BANGKOK—The Asean Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) will hold its next meeting in Rangoon this June in another transitional landmark for Burma’s reformist government that nonetheless stands accused of…
BANGKOK -- The United Nations believes that Burma’s economic prospects could be undermined by volatile commodity prices, as the country's reliance on the the ups and downs of oil and…