Thin Lei Win, Author at Mekong Eye

Thin Lei Win is an award-winning Rome-based multimedia journalist specializing in food and climate issues including through her own newsletter Thin Ink. Her extensive global experience includes nearly 13 years working as an international correspondent for the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Born and raised in Myanmar, Thin founded Myanmar Now, an award-winning bilingual news agency, and co-founded The Kite Tales, a unique preservation project that chronicles the lives and histories of ordinary people across Myanmar.

Mon state

In Their Eyes / Myanmar

Myanmar’s junta stays quiet as climate change hits

December 5, 2022February 6, 2023

Military rulers absent from COP27 and ignore the climate-related disasters that are impacting the people and economy.

Myanmar

In Their Eyes / Myanmar

How to help Myanmar’s environment and its defenders

September 5, 2022September 26, 2022

Five ways for donors and organizations to help Myanmar’s embattled defenders of the environment.

Myanmar coup

In Their Eyes / Myanmar

Environment ignored as Myanmar struggles with coup

May 2, 2022May 17, 2022

The military takeover in Myanmar has put a halt to many environmental programs that were starting to produce results.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Thin Lei Win is an award-winning Rome-based multimedia journalist specializing in food and climate issues including through her own newsletter Thin Ink. Her extensive global experience includes nearly 13 years working as an international correspondent for the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Born and raised in Myanmar, Thin founded Myanmar Now, an award-winning bilingual news agency, and co-founded The Kite Tales, a unique preservation project that chronicles the lives and histories of ordinary people across Myanmar.