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 ...

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

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.

The world must demand urgent medical care and accountability to stop the needless deaths of political prisoners in Myanmar’s prisons.

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

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.

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

India says it destroyed nine terrorist camps in retaliation for militant attack in Kashmir, as Pakistani shelling reportedly kills 12 near the border.

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

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

The Kachin Independence Army says the regime is determined to defend its headquarters in strategically important Bhamo with repeated airstrikes and airdrops of supplies.

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