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

Myanmar's military has extended the state of emergency for another six months.

It has now been four years since the Myanmar military launched its cataclysmic coup against the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1, 2021, starting a civil war that has ...

The international community and global media may overlook the ongoing civil war in Myanmar (also known as Burma and Brahmadesh), but the ground situation indicates perpetual chaos. Thousands have been ...

Jungle medics and ethnic medical groups have become a lifeline for displaced people in Myanmar as the country becomes the ...

Also this week we locate the junta’s emergency minister in Russia studying how to deal with a falling glacier.

President Donald Trump’s decision to freeze $45 million in U.S. federal funding for over 400 Burmese students has left many ...

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

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

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

The Ministry of Interior has defended its request to Thai security authorities for more information about the provision of electricity to areas suspected of hosting illegal activities in Myanmar .

Myanmar's military deposed the elected government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. She remains in jail and the country is mired in a brutal civil war.