Myanmar
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
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.
