Peace prospects look bleak in Myanmar as a civil war rages despite international pressure on the military four years after it ...

Pressure is building on Myanmar’s rulers to hold what opposition groups promise will be fraught national elections.

Whatsapp Four years after the military coup which plunged Myanmar into turmoil, the country is facing an unprecedented ...

Myanmar is in freefall. Since the February 2021 military coup, the nation has plunged into unrelenting chaos with widespread ...

To mark Saturday’s fourth anniversary of the military coup, The Irrawaddy breaks down the devastating impacts of junta rule on all aspects of life in Myanmar.

The UN Secretary-General on Thursday said Myanmar’s military must relinquish power to allow a return to civilian rule through ...

Resistance forces now face the challenge of building an ethnically inclusive and democratic state, something that no government in Myanmar has ever achieved. The country's prospects of democracy ...

Myanmar’s military government has announced another six-month extension of its mandate to rule in preparation for elections it has said will be held this year, as the country enters its fifth year of ...

Unlike schools under the military regime’s control, Thaw Hti explained that her school teaches children in the Karen language and teaches a Karen-centred version of Myanmar history that includes ...

Myanmar's junta extended a state of emergency by six months on Friday, four years after it seized power triggering a civil ...

She posted that the ICC action "represents a critical moment in Myanmar history.” Myanmar’s military regime issued a short statement, rejecting the proceedings, noting it was not party to the ...