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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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).

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

With deadly clashes entering a fifth day, leaders of both countries headed for talks in Malaysia amid pressure from the US ...

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