To mark Saturday’s fourth anniversary of the military coup, The Irrawaddy breaks down the devastating impacts of junta rule ...

The Kachin Independence Army says the Artillery Battalion 366 headquarters have been seized in the junta’s Kachin power hub of Bhamo.

Myanmar military junta soldiers attacked a village in the Sagaing Region and killed six civilians, including three who were ...

Myanmar’s military government has announced another six-month extension of its mandate to rule in preparation for elections ...

MYANMAR’S ongoing civil war has reached a critical point, with the rise of ethnic armed organisations significantly altering ...

Myanmar’s junta now only controls 21% of the country. Even if the regime can be ousted, there are increasing fears the ...

Four years after seizing power, Myanmar’s generals are holding on but fighting an increasingly dire battle for survival, ...

The international community and global media may overlook the ongoing civil war in Myanmar (also known as Burma and Brahmadesh), but the ground situation indicates perpetual chaos. Thousands have been ...

Anti-junta sources said the military used drones in the attack on Laiza, Kachin State, which is thought to have been a ...

After decades of centralised military control, the AA has shifted Rakhine’s power dynamics, emerging as the de facto ...

This article is authored by Cchavi Vasisht, senior research associate, Chintan Research Foundation, New Delhi.

"The military is in a state of decline; it is weak and shrinking. The military has seen a wave of desertions, defeats, low morale and loss of dignity." ...