The Myanmar military government is currently facing its greatest challenge since taking power and is on the defensive in much of the country ...

To mark Saturday’s fourth anniversary of the military coup, The Irrawaddy breaks down the devastating impacts of junta rule ...

Although many might regard it as an irrelevant backwater, it’s an emergency that should command the world’s attention ...

Myanmar’s military government on Friday announced another six-month extension of its mandate to rule in preparation for ...

Once a full-time musician who toured throughout Myanmar, indie-pop star Linnith now finds himself in vastly different ...

Ni Burmese will host its soft opening this weekend at 2160 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. with dinner hours on Saturday, Jan. 25 from 4 ...

The bloc says that any poll must be “inclusive,” but it has limited power to deter the junta from its election plans.

Foreign ministers of the Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN at a weekend retreat upheld their decision to bar Myanmar’s ruling ...

Southeast Asian foreign ministers gathered Sunday for their first meeting this year under the regional bloc’s new chair, Malaysia, seeking a breakthrough over Myanmar’s drawn-out civil war and ...

Officials said it aims to chart the bloc’s direction for the year as it tries to resolve Myanmar’s deadly four-year crisis and tensions over China’s increasing assertiveness in the South ...