BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government on Friday announced another six-month extension of its mandate to rule in ...

The six-month extension is intended to buy time for the military’s long-promised election, but conditions in the country are ...

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

A Myanmar rebel group said on Jan. 31 that its members killed two prisoners in a rare admission of deadly violence as it ...

Ethnic minority militias and people’s defence forces that support Myanmar’s main opposition control large parts of the country, while the military holds much of central Myanmar and big cities ...

Myanmar’s military government has extended its mandate to rule another six months, as the country enters its fifth year of ...

It has been a year since the son of deposed former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi received a handwritten letter from his mother, the only contact he has had with her since she was detained.

Myanmar's military government announced a six-month extension of emergency rule, deferring elections initially intended for ...

In central Sagaing, the People’s Defense Force has taken control of Kawlin and Pinlebu, two key towns crucial for supplying frontline troops. It is estimated that Myanmar’s military now ...

With its control over Rakhine State ... In retrospect, China has enjoyed a close relationship with Myanmar's military junta and is its principal trade partner and biggest weapons supplier ...

In Myanmar, a relatively new ethnic armed group known as the Arakan Army has recently taken control of 15 out of 17 townships in the war-torn country's western Rakhine state. This includes the ...