To mark detained Myanmar leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s 80th birthday, The Irrawaddy presents a timeline of the key events in her life.

Southeast Asian leaders have said they are “deeply concerned” about the violence and deteriorating humanitarian situation in Myanmar, in a statement at the end of the Asean summit in Kuala ...

Zaw Win Shein has prospered under military rule, democracy, and back again – now ranking as one of the junta’s richest and most favored business sons.

Beijing has intervened significantly in Myanmar’s civil war to protect its substantial investments in the country, handing a setback to resistance forces.

Rare earth mining, long concentrated in Myanmar’s Kachin state to the north, now appears to be spreading south, bringing with it extensive deforestation and water pollution.

Myanmar has a desperate past. After a coup in 1962, it suffered 49 years of military rule. Between 2011 and 2021, the army relinquished some power, and for a while that allowed Aung San Suu Kyi, a ...

The first influx from Myanmar started after the military seized power two years ago. Since then, over 32,000 people, including women, children, and elected leaders, have taken shelter in Mizoram ...

Heavy rain for nearly a week triggered flooding in northern and central Myanmar, impacting hundreds of people already reeling from ongoing civil war and a recent deadly earthquake.. Extensive flooding ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing on Sunday exchanged congratulations on the 75th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

A dragon boat racing event is held in a section of the Shiliugang River in Haizhu district of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province, on Saturday. [Photo by Qiu Quanlin/chinadaily.com.cn] ...

San Jose doctor in spicy ‘Dragon Balls’ lawsuit against Los Gatos Thai restaurant drops lawyer, represents self Coup de Thai has denied harming neurologist ...