Thailand’s democratic shift will increase the region's strategic appeal to the U.S. and its allies, especially in the face of a rising China.

Propaganda advertising benefits of cheap Chinese electric vehicles hides poor build quality and a power shortage that makes even recharging phones difficult.       

The Justice For Myanmar activist group says the Japanese government and businesses help the regime to commit atrocities through train improvements.

The former US Secretary of State has celebrated his 100th birthday, but his legacy as a global statesman is toxic and controversial.

Mining network calls for halt to extraction activities in ethnic areas, citing surge in deaths, chemical contamination and child labor.

Around 200 regime soldiers are killing civilians, seizing human shields and burning villages on the river island of Yay Lel Kyun.

Byuhar on remand in Yangon, says family, allaying fears he had been beaten to death in interrogation after criticizing regime over power shortages.   

Local relief organizations say they can only provide short-term assistance and some areas affected by the storm have yet to receive any aid at all.

Chinese foreign minister’s visit to Naypyitaw has sparked attacks on China-backed pipelines, as well as protests at home and abroad. 

Caroline Khine Lin was with young members of a medical unit when they were killed as they treated resistance fighters on the frontline in Kayah State.   

No action has ever been taken against the perpetrators of the attack by pro-junta thugs on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s convoy, which killed at least 70 NLD supporters in 2003.

Two teenagers were killed when a resistance bomb was accidentally dropped from a drone onto a house in Mon State.

No matter who emerges as Thailand’s next prime minister, the powerful Thai military has the most influence over relations with Myanmar.

The Arakan Army’s spokesman tells The Irrawaddy that the regime is providing no aid in its territory and preventing the international community from helping.

The Irrawaddy’s latest roundup includes incidents in Sagaing, Magwe and Mandalay regions and Karen State.

To mark Tuesday’s 20th anniversary of the massacre, The Irrawaddy revisits an interview from 2003 in which a survivor recalls the deadly attack on an NLD convoy.

The pontiff’s call follows the UN’s appeal last week for the military junta to ensure aid reaches the estimated 800,000 storm victims who need it in the country.

With the healthcare system in a state of collapse since the 2021 coup, Myanmar’s kids aren’t being immunized against serious diseases.

Around 200 regime soldiers are raiding villages in Yesagyo Township, displacing many civilians.

The Tokyo-based body is funding the regime's tourism and investment initiatives and legitimizing military rule, according to Justice For Myanmar.

Also this week, Min Aung Hlaing inspects monument to Constitution that secures military grip on power. 

Resistance groups in Banmauk and Indaw townships say they have inflicted heavy casualties on regime forces.

Contrary to initial reports that they had been released, the pair, who were detained for alleged links with ‘outlawed media’, have yet to be freed.

The All Burma Students’ Democratic Front says it has occupied a police station where officers were extorting civilians.

Huge toll of cyclone emerges as victims in Rohingya camps and remote villages cry out for treatment. 

Resistance fighters attacked junta forces in Yesagyo Town after a wounded comrade was detained.

Junta troops have targeted civilians with alleged links to resistance groups in Tanintharyi Region.

Wai Hun Aung’s arrest while delivering aid to Cyclone Mocha victims in Rakhine State comes as many storm-ravaged communities have yet to receive any help from the regime.

Troops raiding Ayadaw Township villages torched houses and seized eight villagers as hostages.

Cyclone victims left to struggle alone amid scenes of devastation and airstrikes by junta forces.

The Karenni Nationalities Defense Force says a heavy regime raid into the Demoso hills has been defeated.

Eleven days after the storm made landfall, little humanitarian assistance has reached the coastal communities of Rakhine State.

Popular hip-hop figure Byuhar was detained a day after blaming military leaders for the country’s crippling blackouts in a Facebook livestream.

This month the country’s oldest ethnic armed organization held its delayed 17th congress to elect new leadership, including new chairman Padoh Saw Kwe Htoo Win.

Regime interrogating detainees who were intercepted while delivering aid to victims of cyclone Mocha.