While his troops continue bombing back home, junta boss Min Aung Hlaing is in Moscow for Russia’s 80th Victory Day military ...

Eastern Madaya Township is home to the China-backed Alpha Cement factory and a gold mine operated by former junta-appointed Mandalay Region Chief Minister Maung Ko. The regime ceded eastern Madaya to ...

Villages at the epicenter of the March 28 earthquake say they need help moving collapsed buildings and restoring water and electricity supplies.

Robert Francis Prevost was elected the 267th pope on Thursday, taking the name Leo XIV — and making history as the first American to lead the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.

Malaysia should use the remaining months of its ASEAN chairmanship to push for some real solutions to the Myanmar crisis, ...

China’s strategy in dealing with the ethnic armed organizations operating near its borders is based on the principle of ...

Editorial Policy for Guest Writers and Internal Standards Purpose and Principles The Irrawaddy’s Opinion Section serves as a platform for thoughtful ...

The Kachin Independence Army has been fighting in Kachin State’s second city for five months and is now facing regime counterattacks.

Beijing’s Shan State intervention, coupled with silence over regime attacks on civilians during earthquake ceasefire, have ...

Beijing seeks to wield power worldwide by entangling political elites economically and psychologically, and many countries ...

The US Treasury says it has sanctioned the Karen National Army over claims that the armed group profited from cyber scams and ...

While going out of its way to help the junta get its nerve center back up and running, China also continues to lean on the ethnic resistance to give back territory to the regime.