But that was before Myanmar’s short-lived experiment with greater democracy ended in a coup in 2021. With the military once ...

From Chinese meddling to staged scam-center crackdowns and a sham election, The Irrawaddy looks back at the key events and figures in another difficult year for Myanmar.

Myanmar’s ruling military junta hopes the phased elections which begin on Sunday will give it a veneer of legitimacy and help ...

Myanmar's ongoing civil war and natural disasters have intensified an existing humanitarian crisis, with millions requiring ...

In August 2024, Myanmar’s ruling military junta was losing ground fast. A rebel offensive had swept down from the Chinese ...

All of this marks a stunning reversal for Myanmar’s revolutionaries. At the end of 2024 they appeared to have the junta on ...

Optimists and well-wishers of the people of Myanmar hope that political forces and leaders, weary of turmoil, violence, and ...

Foreign investment — which surged during Myanmar’s short-lived political opening — has plunged 92% over the past decade, to ...

Yet the junta leader Min Aung Hlaing has a spring in his step these days. He seems confident this extraordinary election, ...

South-east Asia has become the “ground zero” for the global online scamming industry, according to the UN, costing victims ...

As Myanmar’s civil war leaves more survivors with limb loss, a lab in Thailand’s Mae Sot is turning to 3D printing to cut costs and streamline  prosthetic production.

Sustainable resolution of the Rohingya crisis lies in Myanmar, with repatriation remaining the only viable long-term solution ...