About Jonathan Head
Jonathan Head is the South East Asia Correspondent for BBC News, the main newsgathering department of the BBC, and its 24-hour television news channels BBC World News and BBC News Channel, as well as the BBC's domestic television and radio channels and the BBC World Service.
A turning point in Myanmar as army suffers big losses
...By Jonathan Head & Lulu LuoBBC News, BangkokIn a matter of days the military government in Myanmar has lost control of much of its border with China...
Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi jail term reduced after some pardons
...By Jonathan Head and Derek Caiin Bangkok and SingaporeFormer Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been pardoned in five of 19 charges brought against her by the military...
Cambodia election: 'This was more of a coronation than an election'
...By Jonathan Head, South East Asia correspondent BangkokUndeterred by the pouring rain, a long convoy of motorbikes carrying cheering, flag-waving supporters of Cambodia s ruling party revved their engines in preparation for their triumphant final rally in downtown Phnom Penh...
Pita Limjaroenrat: Thai election upstart who vows to be different
...By Jonathan HeadSouth East Asia correspondentPita Limjaroenrat is not your typical Thai politician...
Salt Bae parody: Vietnam noodle vendor jailed for five years
...By Jonathan Head and Bui ThuBBC News in BangkokA noodle vendor in Vietnam who parodied one of the country s most powerful ministers has been jailed for five-and-a half years for anti-state propaganda...
Myanmar military airstrike: More than 100 people feared dead
...By Jonathan Head & Nicholas YongIn Bangkok and SingaporeMore than 100 people are feared to have been killed in Tuesday s airstrike by the Myanmar military, one of the deadliest so far in the civil war...
Boy who survived Thai cave rescue dies in UK
...By Jonathan Head and Kelly NgBBC NewsDuangpetch Promthep, one of the 12 boys who was rescued from a Thai cave in 2018, has died in the UK...
Myanmar coup anniversary: 'Silent strike' marks two years of military rule
...By Jonathan Head at the Thailand-Myanmar border & Oliver Slow in LondonBBC NewsPro-democracy activists in Myanmar are holding a " silent strike" to mark two years since a military coup...