Jason Szep

Special Report: Thai authorities implicated in Rohingya Muslim smuggling network

August 24, 2021 at 6:17 p.m.

PADANG BESAR, Thailand (Reuters) - The beatings were accompanied by threats: If his family didn't produce the money, Myanmar refugee Abdul Sabur would be sold into slavery on a fishing...

Myanmar minister backs two-child policy for Rohingya minority

November 3, 2021 at 11:18 p.m.

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (Reuters) - Myanmar's Immigration Minister has expressed support for a controversial two-child limit on a Muslim minority group that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the United...

Myanmar minister backs two-child policy for Rohingya minority

September 7, 2018 at 11:59 p.m.

Special Report – In Myanmar, apartheid tactics against minority Muslims

August 24, 2021 at 2:35 p.m.

SITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) - A 16-year-old Muslim boy lay dying on a thin metal table. Bitten by a rabid dog a month ago, he convulsed and drooled as his parents...

Indonesian president urges Myanmar to address Muslim violence

August 24, 2021 at 1:21 p.m.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The president of Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, said on Tuesday he would urge Myanmar's leaders to address Buddhist-led violence against Muslims that he said...

Muslims vanish as Buddhist attacks approach Myanmar’s biggest city

August 24, 2021 at 6:47 a.m.

SIT KWIN, Myanmar (Reuters) - The Muslims of Sit Kwin were always a small group who numbered no more than 100 of the village's 2,000 people. But as sectarian violence...

In Vietnam, anti-Chinese protesters find a new outlet: soccer

May 14, 2019 at 3:20 a.m.

HANOI (Reuters) - Under the watch of plainclothes police, midfielder Nguyen Van Phuong unleashed a powerful left-foot drive into the top corner. Dissidents cheered from the sidelines. "Down with China,"...

In Vietnam, anti-Chinese protesters find a new outlet: soccer

August 24, 2021 at 1:03 a.m.

Special Report: Myanmar military’s next campaign: shoring up power

December 25, 2018 at 9:49 a.m.

NAYPYITAW (Reuters) - Aung Thaw was a teenager when he joined Myanmar's armed forces, which seized power in 1962 and led a promising Asian nation into half a century of...

With Suu Kyi’s help, Myanmar inches towards investment law

August 22, 2019 at 10:44 a.m.

NAYPYITAW (Reuters) - A law intended to accelerate foreign investment in Myanmar will be signed soon by the president after pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi helped kill a clause...

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