Richard Paddock
@RCPaddock
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Reporting for The New York Times from Southeast Asia. Ex-@LATimes, ex-@WSJ. Shared in PBS NewsHour Emmy in 2015.
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Joined February 2012
Under Pressure From China, Myanmar Rebels Cede Hard-Won Territory @RCPaddock
nytimes.com
Beijing has intervened significantly in Myanmar’s civil war to protect its substantial investments in the country, handing a setback to resistance forces.
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Thailand Celebrates New Same-Sex Marriage Law With Mass Wedding @RCPaddock
nytimes.com
Hundreds of people began registering their marriages at a mall in Bangkok, as Thailand became one of the few places in Asia to legalize same-sex unions.
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Student Life in Rebel Territory: Bombs, Snakes and Hungry Cows @RCPaddock
nytimes.com
As Myanmar’s civil war heads into a fifth year, anti-junta forces are opening universities and colleges as part of their pursuit of a federal democracy.
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“The life of people in #Myanmar is the same as the chickens on the farm that sit & wait their turn to be killed” - woman in Mandalay now eating rice typically used as chicken feed Important piece by @RCPaddock on the economic crisis under the junta (1/4) https://t.co/rKFKB5ZoyY
nytimes.com
Myanmar’s junta, facing a growing popular rebellion, has plunged the country into economic crisis, reversing gains from a decade of civilian leadership.
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"As Inflation Soars, Myanmar Shop Owners Are Jailed for Raising Wages" (Excellent article by @RCPaddock about how the junta tries to prevent rice prices from increasing) @nytimes #Myanmar #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
https://t.co/Rfy59WUQ3r
nytimes.com
Myanmar’s junta, facing a growing popular rebellion, has plunged the country into economic crisis, reversing gains from a decade of civilian leadership.
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The perverse logic of a brutal government: The Myanmar junta is arresting business leaders who give workers raises because that will encourage the public to think the inflation is rising.
nytimes.com
Myanmar’s junta, facing a growing popular rebellion, has plunged the country into economic crisis, reversing gains from a decade of civilian leadership.
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Read this fascinating dispatch from @RCPaddock @bonimygi on an island in Indonesia that was once traded for Manhattan.
nytimes.com
Growing a spice once worth its weight in gold, a tiny isle in Indonesia was so coveted that the Dutch traded Manhattan for it. Some 350 years later, life on the two islands couldn’t be more different.
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A President’s Son Is in Indonesia’s Election Picture. Is It Democracy or Dynasty? @RCPaddock
nytimes.com
Critics say that hard-won progress toward democracy in Indonesia has been backsliding under Joko Widodo, a two-term president who was once a political outsider.
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#Myanmar Military #Junta's devastating and indiscriminately Assaults on Its Own Citizens reported by the New York Times with verified photos and videos, analyzed data and satellite imagery and interviewed residents. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
https://t.co/VWqe9bna83
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Don't miss @shoeshine's new investigation about parents taking *legal* drugs to treat their addictions who have their babies taken away. At least 3,700 women were reported to child protective services for taking doctor-approved drugs to aid their recovery
nytimes.com
Federal law has put thousands of women on anti-addiction medications into an impossible bind: Give up your treatment or risk losing your baby.
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People across Myanmar wore flowers on Monday to show support for the jailed civilian leader. Since then, the ruling military has been rounding them up. Story by @RCPaddock for @nytimes #WhatshappeninginMyanmar
nytimes.com
People across Myanmar wore flowers on Monday to show support for the jailed civilian leader. Since then, the ruling military has been rounding them up.
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“How can the military be afraid of one person with a flower?” @RCPaddock
nytimes.com
People across Myanmar wore flowers on Monday to show support for the jailed civilian leader. Since then, the ruling military has been rounding them up.
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Families in Indonesia thought they're sending their sons to a rehab facility run by a powerful official. Those who stayed there say it was a brutal human slavery operation. “This was jail. They treated us like animals,” said Bambang. @RCPaddock @uletifan
https://t.co/syvvj29fcF
nytimes.com
Families in Indonesia thought they were sending their sons to a rehab facility run by a powerful local official. Those who stayed there say it was a brutal human slavery operation.
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Thai companies and people in positions of power often use libel suits to intimidate and punish activists and critic in Thailand. บริษัทใหญ่ ๆ และผู้มีอำนาจในไทยใช้กฎหมายฟ้องปิดปากและฟ้องหมิ่นประมาทนักกิจกรรมเยอะมาก Story by @suilee
nytimes.com
In Thailand, companies and people in positions of power often use libel suits to intimidate and punish activists and critics.
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On April 13th I got an email from a stranger, @FayadMulla He was on Lesbos & had footage from 2 days prior showing migrants getting rounded up on land & ditched in the Aegean by the coast guard Did I want to see it? If you think the answer was an easy "yes," you're wrong.
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“We don’t have shelter, food or drink...I just hope we get help before we die.” - Farmer in Matupi, Chin, #Myanmar who lost his home during Cyclone Mocha and is now living in the forest with his wife & 2 grandsons By @RCPaddock w/ photos by Sai Aung Main https://t.co/m0aJ9lNrXq
nytimes.com
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.
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Cyclone Aid Stalled in Myanmar: ‘I Just Hope We Get Help Before We Die.’ @RCPaddock
nytimes.com
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.
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More than 300 of us who have worked in Moscow over the years have signed an open letter to Russia's foreign minister calling on Russia to free Evan Gershkovich immediately. (The letter and its impressive list of names is here: https://t.co/iLKB9hN2Yo)
https://t.co/4tAGxZFAqU
theguardian.com
More than 300 journalists write to Russia that arrest sends ‘dangerous signal’ about attitude to journalism
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