Junta military troops and police raided Win Sein Village in Mon State’s Thaton Township at 10 a.m. on Wednesday in about a dozen military vehicles, including two armored vehicles, and...
Indonesia, which will soon take over the rotating ASEAN chair, is heavily opposed to Myanmar’s junta, sparking The Irrawaddy’s editorial discussion this week.
Recent deadly airstrikes show the regime has adopted a new strategy to target ordinary citizens as enemies.
This week’s Irrawaddy editorial discussion asks if Myanmar’s junta is paying the price for ignoring ASEAN’s olive branches.
The Myanmar regime’s air and ground assaults on Let Yet Kone Village in Sagaing Region on Sept. 16 killed 13 people including seven schoolchildren. Eight wounded students and five teachers...
This weeks editorial discussion asks whether the regime can convince anyone with its plans for a general election.
A resistance volunteer who lost a leg while planting a landmine hopes his cooking can help the revolution.
This week’s editorial discussion asks if Myanmar can recover from the current brain drain.
Fifteen resistance fighters died in 57 clashes in Moebye, Pekon, Demoso and Loikaw townships in Kayah (Karenni) State in September. The regime carried out air and artillery strikes and used...
Armed groups across Myanmar say they are producing increasingly sophisticated weapons, including drone bombs, to attack regime forces from all angles.
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