State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi meets Myanmar MMA champ Aung La Nsang, aka the ‘Burmese Python’, in Tokyo and congratulates him on his recent ONE Championship win.

National League for Democracy representatives say military-appointed lawmakers are holding ‘unethical’ meetings with voters from elected lawmakers’ constituencies.

Two siblings drown while trying to cross a creek to escape fighting between government troops and the Arakan Army in their village.

Myanmar appoints Daw Hmway Hmway Khyne, a UN representative and outspoken critic of the UN’s accountability mechanisms on Myanmar, as its ambassador to Italy on Monday.

Rohingya refugees to begin moving to Bhasan Char in Bay of Bengal next month, Bangladesh says, despite concerns over the island’s vulnerability to cyclones and flooding.

Chief Executive Carrie Lam heads to Japan as Hong Kong cleans up after a night of violence that saw more huge crowds take to the streets to protest Chinese influence.

Joko Widodo sworn in for a second term as Indonesia’s president vowing to cut red tape, expand infrastructure, improve education and create jobs.

Despite the delay in an official labor agreement with Laos, Myanmar workers are drawn to a Chinese-built special economic zone in the Golden Triangle by relatively higher wages.

Japanese Prime Minister Abe urges Myanmar to act on rights abuses in Rakhine, during Tokyo meeting with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi; leaders also swap ideas on investment.

Fishermen off the coast of Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady Region found sacks floating in the ocean Wednesday containing nearly 650 kg of what police say are methamphetamines.

Yangon Auditor-General says regional govt instructed her only to send copies of her office’s report on govt spending in FY2017-18 to the chief minister and speaker.

China has nearly finished a vast harbor near Shanghai as a space to build and dock a new class of large aircraft carriers; construction of the first is under way.

Malaysian ports have upped scrutiny after a ban in China sent huge inflows of plastic waste shipments to its shores; many of the vessels lack the required permits.

A Thai opposition party has objected to a decree, endorsed by parliament, giving the country’s king direct control of two army units.

Conflict between two Indonesian communities reignites near the site of the country's planned new capital, leaving hundreds homeless due to arson.

On this day in 1971, Kachin leader Sima Duwa Sinwa Naung died aged 57. When the military seized power in the 1962 coup, he was days away from being sworn in as president.

The Mon National Liberation Army has reported a death after a dawn attack by the Karen National Liberation Army at the Three Pagodas Pass.

Yangon chief minister, speaker assign regional Public Account Committee to review auditor general’s FY2017-18 report, allegedly denying MPs chance to see it first.

To provide an overview of what has gone wrong with the ‘Victoria’ child-rape case, The Irrawaddy presents a timeline of key events since the crime occurred in May.

Military-backed telecoms firm Mytel says it is trying to permanently install transmitter cells at the Yangon religious site.

The Arakan Army claims the Myanmar military has suffered over 40 casualties in the past week and local residents say the army has now deployed helicopters in the area.

On this day in 1947, the prime ministers of Myanmar and Britain signed the treaty by which Myanmar would gain its independence.

The NLD’s Bago chief minister, U Win Thein, has offended teachers by quipping that villagers should try to marry them to make them stay.

Three monks on motorcycles tripped a landmine in northern Shan State, with one needing specialist treatment in Mandalay.

Myanmar’s government has pledged to buy farmers’ paddy rice if the market drops below a certain price; some areas are already reporting prices below the government floor.

U Ye Htut, U Hla Swe and U Bo Bo Kyaw Nyein did not breach the Law Protecting the Privacy and Security of Citizens in comments about U Shwe Mann, police say.

Myanmar military says Kyauktaw Township villager shot dead while attempting to flee questioning; bystander injured as gunfire strikes his car.

In more than 99 percent of recent cases, convicted human traffickers in Thailand have ignored judges’ orders to pay compensation to their victims, data show.

US House passes three bills supporting democracy in Hong Kong and one backing Canada’s handling of an extradition case involving a senior executive of China’s Huawei.

Vietnamese President Nguyen Phu Trong calls for restraint in disputed South China Sea as Chinese vessel continues to conduct survey in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone.

This week, The Irrawaddy joins a poll monitor and a political party official to discuss the UEC’s partiality, identity politics and other factors in next year’s vote.

Amid constant threats to their security, Rakhine civilians are treated with suspicion by the military, while police and state officials are unable or unwilling to help.

Will the current transition lead Myanmar back into authoritarian rule, or is the country on the verge of finally breaking its historical cycle of thwarted opportunities?

Without jobs, displaced northern Rakhine villagers are forced to survive on limited food in shabby huts with no prospect of a return to their homes.

Local residents and National League for Democracy members are reeling after an explosion shook the construction site of a new party office in Buthidaung, Rakhine State.