China’s apparent demands for a retreat from the northern Shan State capital Lashio is an unacceptable breach of Myanmar’s sovereignty, argues analyst Wai Min Tun.

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

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

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

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

The current notoriety of the Shwe Kokko New City Project can only be understood within the context of Myanmar’s past and ...

Five years after the coup and a protracted civil war, the junta and pro-democracy rebels have failed to consolidate power ...

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

"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." ...

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