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A person leads two camels laden with goods across a desert, with a clear sky in the background.
Out of Eden Walk
To rediscover time, go for a walk
7:25
2025 marked deadly new record for Rohingya lost at sea
8:57
Myanmar’s resistance faces reenergized regime
5:12
China forces reckoning on Southeast Asia’s scam compounds
5:55
International Security
Freeing victims from criminal enclaves in Myanmar, one TikTok at a time
8:04
In Myanmar, people escape criminal enclaves, one TikTok at a time
8:04
Crime runs rampant in new Myanmar cities
11:01
Precious ‘Chinese’ rare earths are often from war-torn Myanmar
4:47
Myanmar junta and resistance pressured to talk
4:36
Myanmar’s poetic revolution
5:29
Myanmar continues to suffer amid heavy rain following earthquake
3:35
Russia and the US carry out a prisoner swap
Full Episode
48:40
Aid to post-Myanmar network imperiled by junta
5:02
Aid in Myanmar faces a tough road ahead
5:08
Myanmar military is bombing civilians in quake zone
4:57
Massive earthquake strikes Myanmar and Thailand
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47:10
Massive earthquake sends Bangkok residents into the streets
6:17
Out of Eden Walk
Out of Eden Walk: Walking through COVID
6:57
Weapons-grade mystery: How did a gangster score plutonium in Myanmar’s jungles?
6:35
Persecuted Rohingya get reprieve from White House aid freeze
5:03
Myanmar generals push for election as regime splinters
5:13
China helps revive struggling Myanmar regime
5:04
Out of Eden Walk
Out of Eden Walk: Witnessing the 2021 Myanmar coup
8:22
Witnessing the 2021 Myanmar coup
8:22
Conflict & Justice
The Arakan Army is making gains against the Myanmar military. What does it mean for the Rohingya?
4:22
More Myanmar Rohingya killed amid revolutionary war
4:22
Heat wave across Southeast Asia given as reason for Aung San Suu Kyi’s disappearance
4:10
Inside Myanmars ‘demoralized’ army
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47:44
Inside Myanmar’s ‘demoralized’ army: A defector speaks
7:43
Thai police crack down on Burmese expats
5:47
Members of community based anti-narcotic campaigners known as The Pat Jasan shout slogans protesting against the government’s ban prohibiting the group from destroying poppy farms in Wai Maw, northern Kachin State, Myanmar, Sunday Feb. 21, 2016. 
Rebel alliance: Part II
Phyo Zeya Thaw arrives at the Myanmar parliament in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Aug. 19, 2015.
Human rights
Mynamar junta executes 4 pro-democracy activists to ‘instill fear,’ Radio Free Asia editor says
In this image provided by the Military True News Information Team, supporters of the military government hold nationalistic banners and portraits of Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, chairman of the State Administration Council.
Global Politics
Myanmar revolutionaries seek $1 billion frozen by the US
Rohingya refugees gather near a fence during a government organized media tour, to a no-man's land between Myanmar and Bangladesh, near Taungpyolatyar village, Maung Daw, northern Rakhine State, Myanmar
Justice
Myanmar seeks to have Rohingya case thrown out of UN court
Several members of a youth group hold a flash mob rally to protest against the military government of Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing in Pabedan township in Yangon, Myanmar, Nov. 30, 2021.
From bookworm to bomb maker: The evolution of a Myanmar revolutionary
Migrants make their way to the checkpoint "Kuznitsa" at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus
Top of The World
EU places new sanctions on entities facilitating migration to Belarus
Released American journalist Danny Fester, centre, poses next to former US Ambassador to the UN Bill Richardson, third from left and members of his team at the Naypyitaw Airport in Naypyitaw, Myanmar
Military
US journalist jailed in Myanmar for nearly six months is freed
A Belavia plane lands at the International Airport outside Vilnius, Lithuania
Top of The World
Turkey halts flights for some Arab citizens traveling to Belarus
The logo for ExxonMobil appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
Top of The World
Top US oil executives to testify before Congress
A police officer is show standing next to a police car with its lights on and a grocery store in the distance.
Top of The World
Six people injured in New Zealand in ISIS-inspired attack
People wait outside a shop where face masks and vitamins are being given away in Mandalay, Myanmar
Food
6.2 million Burmese could go hungry by October. It’s the worst situation in ‘living memory,’ UN official says.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is shown sitting while wearing a blue suit jacket with a red tie.
Top of The World
President Biden issues executive order with sanctions against Belarus officials
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing is shown wearing glasses and a green military uniform with gold epaulettes.
Top of The World
Head of Myanmar military declares himself prime minister
"A Queen's Dream," illustration by Mayyu Khan, a Rohingya artist living in Kutupalong Refugee Camp, from "Rohingya Folk Tales," by Mohammed Rezuwan.
Refugees
This young folklorist is on a mission to preserve Rohingya stories before it’s too late
Three security officers are shown wearing black vests noting their police affiliation and holding Ryan Law by his handcuffed hands.
Top of The World
Police in Hong Kong arrest newspaper editors under security law
A man holds a picture of 19-year-old Kyal Sin, also known as Angel, during her burial in Mandalay, Myanmar
Conflict
Souring on peace marches, Myanmar protesters seek weapons
An anti-coup protester looks at the images of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, on April 26, 2021.
Politics
Aung San Suu Kyi’s lawyer sees little chance for a fair trial
A police officer is shown wearing all black riot gear and face shield while throwing a stun grenade.
Top of The World
UN human rights office ‘deeply alarmed’ over police violence in Colombia
George Floyd's brother Philonise Floyd is shown lifting his dark-rimmed glasses up to wipes his eyes.
Top of The World
Chauvin guilty verdict results in cheers and relief
Anti-coup protesters walk through a market with images of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi at Kamayut township in Yangon, Myanmar, April 8, 2021. They walked through the markets and streets of Kamayut township with slogans to show their disaffection
Conflict & Justice
‘Our unity is our hope,’ exiled Myanmar envoy says
Anti-coup demonstrators gather tires to burn as they prepare to confront police during a protest in Tarmwe township, Yangon, Myanmar, April 1, 2021. 
Conflict
Myanmar’s army is turning guns on medics
A man is shown wearing a medical mask while running past a large fire in the street behind him.
Top of The World
Violence against civilians in Myanmar escalates
Several people are shown standing in the burned down ruins of the Balukhali refugee camp.
Top of The World
Massive fire kills 15 at a Rohingya refugee camp, leaves thousands displaced
People walk along a deserted road blocked with improvised barricades build by anti-coup protesters to secure a neighborhood in Yangon, Myanmar, March 18, 2021.
Inside Myanmar, calls for UN intervention grow louder
A person is shown in the near ground with their fist in the air and wearing a white construction helmet with a large crowd of people sitting and holding candles.
Top of The World
Myanmar declares martial law on deadly day
A person wearing an air-filtration mask and helmet is show looking through makeshift metal barriers with the words 'Defense Force' and a hand holding up three fingers painted on them.
Top of The World
The lethal crackdown in Myanmar continues with widespread calls for the violence to end
A man is shown wearing shorts and a t-shirt praying outside the windows of an improvised ICU.
Top of The World
Brazil reports record death toll from COVID-19 as hospitals overwhelmed
A large crowd of protesters are shown, many wearing construction hard hats and with their fist raised in the air.
Top of The World
Deadly crackdown in Myanmar as protests continue
A demonstrator displays a picture of the defaced image of the commander in chief, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, also chairman of the State Administrative Council to protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, Feb. 17, 2021. The UN expert on human
Human rights
UN Human Rights Council starts work to address a ‘pandemic of human rights abuses’
Thousands of people are shown marching in a street with many wearing yellow construction helmets.
Top of The World
Protesters again took to the streets in defiance of military leaders in Myanmar