Eleven of convoy’s original 17 supply vessels survive repeated ambushes in setback for Kachin resistance forces fighting to seize strategic town.

KPPA reports worsening conditions, no family access or medicine, and a recent inmate death as Myanmar’s military tightens restrictions at the prison.

USDP chair Khin Yi, a longtime regime enforcer, met with prominent nationalists in Yangon to gain their support for Min Aung Hlaing’s bid to become “elected president.”

Regime mouthpiece New Light of Myanmar accuses the staunchly anti-junta government in Dili of “cavorting with terrorists” over friendly contacts with the parallel National Unity Government.

Condemning the regime’s rigged poll won’t stop global acceptance—the resistance must take control of the narrative through coordinated force and political legitimacy

Also this week, the junta imposed harsh penalties to protect its bogus poll, overlooked education in new cabinet, and text-spammed the resistance.

Private Chinese security companies are increasingly blurring the line between protecting Beijing’s investments and outright interference in conflicts abroad, warns Rishan Sen.

From Gen. Aung San to U Ko Ni, Myanmar’s long history of assassinations highlights the moral dilemmas and lasting impact of political violence.

The imposition of martial law suggests the regime will struggle to hold elections in those townships unless it takes control of them ahead of the polls.

An American author imagines giving the junta boss a piece of his mind in this bold cocktail of the textual and the visual.

After ending the state of emergency, Min Aung Hlaing gave his regime a new name as he positions himself to claim the presidency in December’s military-run vote.

Beijing’s campaign of coercion and fragmentation aims to sabotage Myanmar’s revolution and help preserve junta rule as the guarantor of China’s regional interests.

Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews says lifting sanctions on junta allies undermines efforts to curb arms flow and emboldens a regime that has killed thousands of civilians.

After Wednesday’s tsunami warning for the Pacific, we ask: what is a tsunami, and how can it affect coastal communities?

New electoral law carries harsh punishments for anyone seeking to interfere in the regime’s stage-managed December poll.  

The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army says the regime has breached the terms of the April truce agreed in China.

Ferrari & Associates helped Myanmar junta-linked entities and individuals get taken off America’s sanctions list, highlighting long-standing ties between U.S. law firms and junta-linked clients.

This week’s Irrawaddy editorial discussion asks if the anti-regime groups can adapt to their weaknesses like the regime appears to be doing.

Human Rights Watch accuses the victorious ethnic army of imposing “policies of oppression” on Rohingya people, including arson, pillage, and forced labor.

Daw Myo Myo Aye, founder of the Solidarity Trade Union of Myanmar, was arrested last week and has not been heard from since. 

Pakistan is too remote geographically, economically, and ideologically from ASEAN to justify its urgent bid for closer integration, argues Vaishali Basu Sharma

The regime says the shelved steel mill project in southern Shan State that it is reviving with Russian help will finally be up and running in November 2026.

The regime’s limited gains this month cannot halt a revolution powered by the people’s rejection of military dictatorship, says Karenni resistance chief Maui (Marwi).

Having eliminated 2020 landslide winner the NLD, the junta is doubling down to lock in military rule with December’s poll.

Trump’s moves—including talks on minerals and the lifting of sanctions against junta cronies—fuel fears that Washington is abandoning Myanmar’s opposition.

Thailand said Cambodia broke a ceasefire agreed between the countries’ prime ministers at Malaysia-brokered talks on Monday.

Cambodia demands immediate ceasefire at UN as jets, tanks, and rockets escalate long-running dispute.

Justice For Myanmar says Chinese arms manufacturer Norinco should face international sanctions for arming the junta.

The junta would be nothing without Chinese aid on every front, and yet it remains suspicious of Beijing and unable or unwilling to deliver what it wants.

With deadly clashes entering a fifth day, leaders of both countries headed for peace talks in Malaysia amid pressure from the US and China, and rising nationalist anger.

Following its recapture of two key towns, analysts say Myanmar’s junta may target Mogoke and key trade routes in northern Shan next.

Prison sources say around 200 jailed troops have been released on condition they serve in the armed forces for the rest of their sentences.

Launch of political and diplomatic offensives is urgent if the National Unity Government and ethnic armed allies are to retain momentum of Operation 1027.

The regime’s newspapers were filled with tirades against José Ramos-Horta after he urged junta troops to defect, and its backers staged a rally denouncing him in Yangon.