Thiri Aung

Southeast Asia Reporter

Bangkok, Thailand

Thiri Aung covers Southeast Asian conflicts with a focus on Myanmar's civil war, the Rohingya crisis, and ASEAN's role in regional security. Born in Mandalay, she fled Myanmar after the 2021 military coup and has continued reporting from exile. Her first-hand accounts of resistance movements and military atrocities have earned her the Committee to Protect Journalists' International Press Freedom Award. She reports for The Conflict Desk from Bangkok.

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