Thin Lei Win
Thin reports on humanitarian, women's rights and governance issues in this fast growing region that is also one of most disaster-prone in the world....
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The din of misogyny at Bangkok protests
By Thin Lei WinEducated and otherwise respected members of Thai society rear their sexist heads - condoning and even calling for sexual violence to bring down Thailand’s first female PM
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A New Year's resolution for Typhoon Haiyan survivors
By Thin Lei WinAs the hard slog of rebuilding the central Philippines after Super Storm Haiyan begins in the new year, this correspondent is hoping the recovery will be well-funded and managed
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Lao activist’s disappearance still a mystery, one year on
By Thin Lei WinSombath Somphone, award-winning activist working on community development, vanished last December after being held at a police post. CCTV footage shows him being stopped, but the authorities remain silent, despite international pressure
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How much would it cost to immunise all children in Myanmar?
By Thin Lei WinUNICEF shows how Myanmar’s immense reserves of gas, oil, gemstones and timber - which critics say have been used to enrich leaders and cronies - could be used to benefit the country’s children
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Private sector response to Haiyan - sign of things to come?
By Thin Lei WinAs the traditional aid funding pie gets smaller and aid agencies wring their hands over how to respond to weather- and conflict-related disasters, the private sector is jumping in to fill some of the gaps
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Tacloban devastated, but not cowed, by super storm
By Thin Lei WinTyphoon Haiyan, with sustained winds reaching 235 km per hour, may have damaged Tacloban’s infrastructure beyond recognition, but it strengthened the people’s will
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Rice farmers go back to school in Myanmar's Kachin state
By Thin Lei WinField schools in Kachin state are teaching system of rice intensification (SRI) methods to increase yields for smallholder farmers but land tenure challenges remain
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Indonesia’s worst kept secret bared in “The Act of Killing"
By Thin Lei WinThe massacre of at least half a million Indonesians believed to be communists nearly five decades ago was one of the country’s darkest episodes
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International donors and Cambodia - where is the leverage?
By Thin Lei WinRights groups have urged donors repeatedly to withhold funds due to a crackdown on protests and activists and escalating land grabs and forced evictions.
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When bad development happens to good people
By Thin Lei WinIs there a happy medium between subsistence farming and low-paid labour for big business? In Cambodia, farmers-turned-low-paid labourers at plantations suffer higher food and job insecurity
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Healing Philippines child typhoon survivors through art
By Thin Lei Win | Fri, 24 Jan 2014
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Haiyan survivors worry over resettlement sites, homes, jobs
By Thin Lei Win | Wed, 22 Jan 2014
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By Thin Lei Win | Wed, 22 Jan 2014
Haiyan-hit Philippines open, but struggling to rebuild
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Study on hepatitis C and HIV co-infection launched in Asia
By Thin Lei Win | Thu, 16 Jan 2014
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With funding shortfall, Haiyan survivors build back worse
By Thin Lei Win | Tue, 14 Jan 2014
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Shutdown Bangkok protest ratchets up risk of violence - ICG
By Thin Lei Win | Tue, 14 Jan 2014
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Malaysia ban on rights coalition is "assault on freedom"
By Thin Lei Win | Thu, 9 Jan 2014
Philippines, Muslim rebels agree to peace pact
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Pro-European integration protesters take cover from water sprayed from a fire engine at the site of clashes with ...
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Demonstrators from 6 April movement, Ultras and anti-military groups shout slogans with a lit flare during a ...
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Riot police officers pose for a picture near burnt vehicles as smoke rises in the background during clashes with ...
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A man tries to retrieve items after a fire in Bangladesh
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Caribbean runaways to leave English boarding school
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Ukrainian protesters blockade energy ministry after overnight violence
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Yemeni official says diplomat's body found, but Iranian report denies it
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Militants tell Russians to rebel against Kremlin or face attacks
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Libya says Egyptian diplomats snatched after militia chief's arrest
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Seven protesters dead in clashes on anniversary of Egypt uprising
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Explosion heard near police building in Egyptian city of Suez - state TV
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Four protesters killed in clashes in Cairo - security sources
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Kidnapped Iranian diplomat Found beheaded in Yemen - local official
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Syrian civil war foes meet for first time, focus on aid
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Egypt's divisions smoulder on anniversary of anti-Mubarak revolt
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UAE president suffered a stroke, in stable condition-state news agency
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Afghan president says U.S. should start talks with Taliban or leave
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Philippines, Muslim rebels agree to peace in comprehensive pact
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Syria talks to discuss ceasefire, aid deal for Homs - opposition
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Serbian party seeks to cement power in early election
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Egyptian police fire live rounds in air to disperse protesters
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Twelve dead in fresh violence in China's Xinjiang province-Xinhua
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Serbia heads towards snap election
