The “men in blue”, who are mostly older low-income earners, are now being given firearms to enforce the regime’s writ at the community level.

While brutally repressing its own innocent citizens, the junta shows no interest in prosecuting and jailing foreign scammers before sending them home.

Author Ma Thida tells The Irrawaddy that Myanmar’s population needs to learn better ways to challenge junta disinformation.

A total of 290 civil society organizations (CSOs) from Myanmar and around the world have issued an open letter to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and the UN General Assembly, urging ...

Myanmar’s plans to build a nuclear power plant were given a fresh fillip by junta boss Min Aung Hlaing’s recent Russia visit.

Locals say Chinese mafia keep running cyber fraud centers in parts of Shan State controlled by the junta or the United Wa State Army, who profit handsomely.

Threats and coercion are spreading through Mandalay Region as the conscript-starved regime tries to force young people into the military.

Nationwide battlefield survey shows regime’s counteroffensive in disarray after regaining less than 1% of lost territory.

The Arakan Army must now consolidate its unprecedented territorial gains in Rakhine State and contend with humanitarian, intercommunal and international challenges.

Ata Ullah, leader of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, ordered attacks on police posts in 2017 that sparked reprisals by Myanmar’s military and a refugee crisis.

Radio Free Asia among news agencies facing funding axe after years of reporting on autocratic governments in Asia.

From performing critical legal functions to formulating financial policy, these nine women play pivotal roles that support ...