A villager who tried to put out a fire was shot dead by regime soldiers.
The United Nations, in collaboration with the military regime, appears ready to repatriate Rohingya refugees regardless of whether they want to return or not.
Bombing and shelling of villages escalates, destroying houses and schools and forcing thousands to flee.
Russia's Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov has signed a deal to deepen legal cooperation between the two international pariahs.
With the support of well-wishers, weavers in Sagaing who lost everything in regime arson attacks hope to rise from the ashes.
Chin Defense Force deploys land mines and ambushes to disrupt massive redeployment and reinforcement of regime troops.
The resistance groups’ bombs hit the house and office of a junta brigadier general at the Kyaikto base.
Rights groups blame inaction for increasing violence against and slaughter of resistance members and civilian population.
Controversy surrounds pilot project backed by China after leaked email reveals UN provided logistical support to junta officials visiting Bangladesh.
In the first part of an interview, Asia security expert Jason Tower discusses China’s evolving relationship with the Myanmar junta and northern ethnic armies.
Under the junta’s new law, parties that fail to register will be dissolved and their assets seized.
The Chinese and Russian leaders expressed concerns about NATO expansion in Asia and agreed to deepen their partnership, including enhanced energy ties.
Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing’s convoy was hit by a land mine in Sagaing, a PDF said; incidents were also reported in Mandalay, Yangon, Tanintharyi, Mon, Kayah and Kachin.
The special task force is being blamed for numerous atrocities against civilians in resistance strongholds.
Acting battalion commander among the dead in fierce battles with PDF and resistance groups in Kayah and southern Shan State.
The junta moved 3,000 troops from Shan State following meetings between China’s special envoy to Myanmar and ethnic armed groups based along the border with China.
The two were set to meet again Tuesday. On Monday the Russian leader said he was open to talks on Ukraine and praised Beijing's 12-point position paper on the conflict
PTTEP is given 30 days to comply with demand or face arbitration proceedings in Singapore.
The vote, expected in May, will pit the unpopular premier, former army chief Prayut Chan-o-cha, against a daughter of billionaire former PM Thaksin Shinawatra.
The general secretary of the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy told The Irrawaddy that the junta’s proposed election will be meaningless unless it brings positive change.
Land mines decimate foot soldiers and military convoy between Tilin and Gangaw.
Min Aung Hlaing likely made his first trip to the region since martial law was imposed to give guidance on ongoing operations in the region.
Locals say members of India’s Assam Rifles have ventured into villages in Chin State on several occasions, firing their weapons and arresting those with resistance ties.
Over 100 troops raided Tham Mar Yoe Village in Wetlet Township on Friday, burning homes and the monastery, despite not encountering any armed resistance.
Military regime convoys resupplying junta outposts in Chin have come under repeated attack from resistance forces.
FPNCC urged to talk with Min Aung Hlaing, but truce with military regime seen as unlikely.
A junta team traveled to Teknaf on unmarked UN boats to interview refugees, said officials of the UN, which recently said return was still unsafe for the Rohingya.
The Irrawaddy’s latest roundup includes incidents in Karen, Kayah and Chin states and Sagaing and Magwe regions.
The civilian National Unity Government has recorded 64 junta massacres in which at least 766 people were killed since the 2021 coup
Kayah special forces claim to have raided eight regime bases in recent months.
Also this week, regime-manufactured bullet casings were found at the site of a massacre in Shan State.
Putin is unlikely to end up in the dock for war crimes unless there is a regime change in Russia.
Due to repeated raids and arson attacks by junta troops, villagers in central Myanmar are unable to build new houses and are forced to live in low-cost palm huts.
While junta special task forces commit war crimes and crimes against humanity, resistance fighters are battling regime reinforcements in Sagaing and Chin and Kayah states.
Noeleen Heyzer told the UN General Assembly that violence is escalating with the regime showing no interest in talks.
