Displaced villagers are in dire need of support, with many subsisting in makeshift tents on farms and in forests as the junta ...

Junta troops and allied militias are trying to recapture the resource-rich former Special Region 1 ahead of the planned election, but so far to no avail.

In the name of sustainable development, China cements its hegemony over water resources, causing economic dependency and environmental destruction downstream, warns Chandu Doddi.

The Thai Senate said heavy-metal contamination in Chiang Rai’s Kok River, traced to Shan State mines, was a cross-border crisis with grave health and economic risks.

Fanatical Muslim group ARSA claims it seized a base near the Bangladeshi border, but the AA says this is smoke and mirrors for the benefit of the insurgents’ financial backers.

Shut for years due to communal violence, the reopening of Maungdaw’s Jameh Mosque points to the AA’s bid for legitimacy through religious freedom, inclusive government.

Airstrikes targeting civilians in resistance-held territory have doubled in the month since the junta announced the schedule for its planned elections.

Regime taps authoritarian ally and key arms supplier to endorse poll widely condemned as bid to cement military rule.

India, the world’s largest democracy, has maintained close ties with Myanmar’s military rulers since the 2021 coup despite ...

Returning to his home state for the first time, Major General Tun Myat Naing tells The Irrawaddy that the people of Rakhine have suffered “more than anyone else in Myanmar.” ...

Leading a delegation dominated by ministers overseeing nuclear cooperation, Min Aung Hlaing is making his fourth visit to Russia in seven months.

USDP fields twice as many contenders as nearest rival, leaving nothing to chance despite the disbandment of the NLD and other pro-democracy parties.