Reporting from Angkor, Cambodia, is Raffaele Crocco.
Jorani speaks rarely. In spite of his silence, the name means 'radiant jewel'. He drives his tuk-tuk and is silent, almost all the time. He drives through the ruins of Angkor and merely...
This article appeared first on the Italian website of the Atlas of Wars on september 18, 2021. It was written by our Director, Italian journalist Raffaele Crocco.
The news we received in September 2021 are signals of one, greater message:...
By UN NEWS
Shocking abuses against indigenous Papuans have been taking place in Indonesia, UN-appointed rights experts said on March 1st, citing child killings, disappearances, torture and enforced mass displacement. “Between April and November 2021, we have received allegations indicating...
By Lucia Frigo, director of Atlasofwars.com
Nine months after the Taliban grabbed the power in Afghanistan, humanitarian organization Emergency paints a grim picture of the country: now more than ever the Afghani population need the support of the international community...
By Maurizio Sacchi
Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Friday marked the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China with a speech that emphasised Beijing's control over the former British colony as part of its vision of 'one country, two...
By Theo Guzman
This reportage from Yangon appeared first on February 1st. It has since been updated as of February 2nd.
Returning from Yangon - On february 1st, 2023, yet another silent strike across most of Myanmar marked the the second...
by Emanuele Giordana
Ranil Wikremesinghe has been elected as the new President of Sri Lanka on Wednesday July 20th. Of the 225 voting MPs, gave 134 supported him against only 82 for his biggest rival, Dullas Alahapperuma. The reasons for...
An interview to Rosella Idéo by Alice Pistolesi
North Korea's new nuclear texts, part of a vast military defence program but also preparing for the upcoming elections in South Korea, deadlocked peace talks, while sanctions and pandemic border closures exacerbate...
The Philippine website Rappler is still public and running despite threats from the Manila judiciary. Perhaps it is no coincidence that the imminent news of its closure came on the eve of the changing of the guard at the...
by our Director, Raffaele Crocco.
South Korea 2018. Tokyo 2020 - effectively, 2021. Now Beijing, 2022: it is not at all strange that the Olympic Games have taken the road to the East. It is the third consecutive Olympics in...
