Month: May 2023

Cyclone Aid Stalled in Myanmar: ‘I Just Hope We Get Help Before We Die.’

May 18, 2023 / Bullies and Scoundrels, Climate Change, David Lindsay, Myanmar

Aid groups in the war-torn country say they are having trouble gaining access to areas affected by the storm without approval from the junta. By Richard C. Paddock May 18, 2023Updated 8:51 a.m. ET “Four days after Cyclone Mocha made landfall in Myanmar, killing hundreds and devastating communities in its path, aid groups seeking to deliver humanitarian …

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A Brutal Sex Trade Built for American Soldiers

May 2, 2023 / Bullies and Scoundrels, Korea - North and South Korea

It’s a long-buried part of South Korean history: women compelled by force, trickery or desperation into prostitution, with the complicity of their own leaders. By Choe Sang-Hun Photographs by Jean Chung Choe Sang-Hun examined unsealed government documents and interviewed six women who worked in camp towns around American military bases in South Korea for this article. May …

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