The well-known junta backer gained attention for vowing to self-immolate if the Northeastern Command in the northern Shan ...

A free exhibition at the historic YWCA in Botahtaung Township shines a light on centuries of Burmese adventures by Italians.

The fighting for the Thay Baw Boe base in Karen State’s Myawaddy Township sent hundreds of civilians fleeing to Thailand.

The global labor watchdog in Switzerland says it will target the regime over labor rights breaches and its forced ...

Hundreds of soldiers who fled to Thailand last week to escape resistance offensives have now returned and are massing in the ...

Despite growing discontent within the ranks, Myanmar military chief Min Aung Hlaing may survive—by stepping sideways rather than down.

Growing engagement with the Arakan Army reflects realities on the ground, where Myanmar’s regime has lost control of its ...

Mandalay resistance forces brace for renewed attacks as regime pours troops into Taungtha after suffering ‘heavy losses.’ ...

Ethnic armed groups must choose between remaining resource gatekeepers for China or using their mineral wealth to pursue ...

The regime has appointed Dr Zaw Oo as a Central Bank of Myanmar director as it prepares to form a new administration after ...

As part of our 'Stories That Shaped Us' series, to mark the 35th anniversary of the 1990 election, The Irrawaddy revisits a ...

Trump vowed to cancel Musk’s contracts and subsidies after the billionaire denounced the US president’s signature spending bill as a deficit-driving “abomination.” ...