Post-Crackdown Bloodshed in Indonesia’s Papua Region

A timeline of violence since late April 2021.

Vaccine in Short Supply in SEAsia, Bangladesh

2021-06-14

Nations vulnerable to new waves and variants as COVID-19 vaccination campaigns lag.

A motorcyclist enters a gate that says “Welcome to Poso Regency,” in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, Nov. 21, 2020.

Indonesia’s Program to De-radicalize MIT Militants Off-Target, Analysts Say

2020-12-04

In efforts to reform ex-fighters, government must pay more attention to education and community outreach, observers in Poso regency say.

Children play on a dirt road in Lembantongoa village in Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi province, days after suspected members of the MIT militant group killed four residents, Nov. 30, 2020.

How a Christian-Muslim Conflict in Eastern Indonesia Birthed the MIT Militant Group

2020-12-03

Many who joined the group had lost relatives to violence in Poso in 1998-2001, a former militant says.

An officer guards the Indonesian Mobile Brigade’s headquarters in Poso, Central Sulawesi, a day after suspected militants shot dead three policemen in the area, Dec. 21, 2012

Five Years on, Indonesian Manhunts Fail to Destroy MIT Militant Group

The Islamic State-linked Eastern Indonesia Mujahideen group remains small but lethal.

Fishing boat captain Johnny Sonny Geruela and his wife, Maria Leonara, sit in their home Masinloc, Philippines, Sept. 6, 2019.

Philippine Fishing Community Falls on Hard Times in South China Sea

The fishermen of Masinloc say they their catches have diminished because of Chinese activity around Scarborough Shoal.

Rohingya refugees line a road between Cox’s Bazar and Teknaf, Sept. 12, 2017.

Reporter’s Notebook: What I Saw in Cox’s Bazar

Our reporter’s first-hand experience involving the refugee crisis in southeastern Bangladesh.

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