Wins Something like this strange wooden table in the Active Museum in Siegen is no longer known today. But it’s easy to guess what it was for: it’s just the right height for children, and the top is a little beveled for writing. A storage area for pens and “pen holders”, with strips all around … Read more
YANGON, KOMPAS.com – The Myanmar military asked the family to pay 85 US dollars (Rp 1.2 million) to take the bodies of relatives killed by security forces, in a bloody crackdown on Friday (9/4/2021). “At least 82 people died Friday in Bago, 90 kilometers (56 miles) northeast of Yangon. The incident occurred after the city … Read more
NAYPYIDAW, KOMPAS.com – Myanmar’s youth are fighting against the junta’s cutting off the internet and curbing the spread of information, by printing newsletters secretly and then distributing them throughout the community. For 56 consecutive days there have been internet outages in coup-ridden Myanmar, according to the monitoring group NetBlocks. Also read: The number of civilian … Read more
CHIANG MAI, KOMPAS.com – Myanmar’s ethnic armed faction says it will not stand idly by if military junta forces continue to kill protesters. It was reported by the media and local witnesses that at least a dozen protesters were killed by security forces across Myanmar when the junta celebrated the annual celebration of Armed Forces … Read more
WASHINGTON DC, KOMPAS.com – US President Joe Biden affirm, China will not be able to become the world leader of the world as long as he is in office. In his first press conference as president, Biden said he was already learning President of China Xi Jinping as long as Barack Obama’s representative. From that … Read more
A new regulation of the submission deadline is necessary When the corona pandemic began last year, it quickly became clear that the associated restrictions would also have consequences for democracy. At the instigation of Mehr Demokratie eV, the state parliament decided in May to suspend the three-month submission deadline for citizens’ petitions in 2020 and … Read more
MOSCOW, KOMPAS.com – Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a new campaign to silence criticism of his authoritarian regime. His new target is now six of his opponents living in the UK. An anonymous Russian intelligence officer warns victims of the neurotoxin novichok in Salisbury, Sergei Skripal. He has been a target of the Kremlin, and … Read more
JENEWA, KOMPAS.com – The people of Myanmar have high hopes from the United Nations and the international community after the February 1 coup. Many of them have called for sanctions and some have urged the United Nations to send UN peacekeeping forces to stop the massacre by the Myanmar military. This was conveyed in a … Read more
ONTARIO, KOMPAS.com – A professor at York University in Ontario, Canada, was removed from his class earlier this week. The policy was taken by the university after a snippet of its email conversation went viral. Its contents show him scolding and threatening to thwart a student from Myanmar. The Professor’s actions were known to be … Read more
NAYPYIDAW, KOMPAS.com – Still wearing his army uniform, Shing Ling is seen posing for a three-finger salute in his social media posts. Ling rebelled after leaving the Myanmar military to join the democracy movement. The 30-year-old soldier posted his image on Facebook last week, as the crackdown of Myanmar security forces turned deadlier for protesters. … Read more