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The Irrawaddy provides informative, analytical, and in-depth reporting on Burma, or Myanmar, its neighbors, and Southeast Asia.
The Irrawaddy
2h ago
Popular support has triggered rolling waves of collapse for a military spread too thin across the country ..read more
The Irrawaddy
4h ago
Also this week, rumors flew over regime deputy chief’s latest no-show, and ties were tightened with Russia and China ..read more
The Irrawaddy
16h ago
All 74 lawmakers jailed in ASEAN are in Myanmar prisons and 73 of them are members of the National League for Democracy, report by ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights says ..read more
The Irrawaddy
18h ago
Regime troops, with naval and air force support, have seized a village on the border of Mon and Karen states, which controls key roads ..read more
The Irrawaddy
18h ago
Civilian death toll from indiscriminate shelling in Sagaing township is rising daily, according to local strike committee ..read more
The Irrawaddy
18h ago
Junta accused of another war crime after its military bombs a hospital in Chin State’s Mindat Township on Thursday night, killing civilians and destroying the facility ..read more
The Irrawaddy
20h ago
Residents of the region are enduring unusually high temperatures, with schools closing and people being advised to stay indoors ..read more
The Irrawaddy
22h ago
Beijing is looking to intensify its joint crackdown on crime syndicates, its public security minister told junta Home Affairs Minister Yar Pyae ..read more
The Irrawaddy
2d ago
The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army displayed the condemned men on a stage in Kokang’s capital and announced their death sentences via loud speakers ..read more
The Irrawaddy
2d ago
The ethnic army said the villagers from Maungdaw were killed by ‘criminal gangs’. It denied reports that its forces had detained the five prior to their deaths ..read more