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The brutality of Myanmar’s junta has unmasked the generals in command but also influential Buddhist monks who were previously revered as significant religious figures.
Ashin Chekinda was known for his Buddhist programs for teenagers during the holidays, attracting hundreds of youngsters (...)
WASHINGTON—The US slapped fresh sanctions on Myanmar on Tuesday, a day before the Southeast Asian country marked the second anniversary of a military coup that has been followed by a violent crackdown on anti-regime forces.
The US Treasury placed sanctions on Myanmar junta Energy Minister Myo (...)
Shan Nationalities League for Democracy general secretary Sai Leik.
Myanmar’s regime has passed its Political Parties Registration Law ahead of its planned general election this year.
Observers and politicians say the law favors the military’s proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party (...)
Wednesday marks the second anniversary since Myanmar’s military seized power after rejecting the results of the 2020 election and ousting the civilian government. The coup plunged ordinary citizens into crisis as the economy spiraled out of control. Food prices and the cost of living have soared (...)
Myanmar’s opposition parties and ethnic separatists have formed a united front against the military junta.
Two years on from the latest military coup that deposed Myanmar’s democratically elected government, what began as a wave of national protest against the army’s power grab has descended into (...)
To mark the anniversary of the military coup on Feb. 1, 2021, The Irrawaddy offers a review of developments in Myanmar’s political, economic and military spheres, as well as its international relations, over the past two years.
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Politics
Firstly, the 2008 Constitution was (...)
Interviewer’s Note:
Myanmar started its broad-ranging political and economic liberalisation process when the quasi-civilian government came to power in 2011, calling for the expansion of foreign direct investment and international trade. The nature of Myanmar’s workforce also shifted from (...)
We send our year-end salutations to all people in Myanmar, in particular the resistance forces who are standing up to the murderous military regime run by bullying criminals.
One of the first things we learned in 2022 is that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Myanmar junta leader Min Aung (...)
Representatives of seven of Myanmar’s ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) met the new Chinese special envoy to Myanmar, Deng Xijun, in China’s Yunnan Province in the last week of December, according to the EAOs.
On Wednesday, Deng Xijun reportedly arrived in the Myanmar capital Naypyitaw after (...)
Khin Thiri Nandar Soe, a Burmese woman living in the San Francisco Bay Area explains that the Burmese junta is waging a war against the population of that country and that it learned that strategy from Putin. Text of Khin’s speech below this video
I am originally from Burma also known as (...)
Ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) based in Shan State have rejected the Myanmar junta’s demand that they stop supporting the parallel National Unity Government (NUG), its CRPH parliamentary body, and its People’s Defense Force (PDF) armed wing.
Sources told The Irrawaddy that the United Wa State (...)
Myanmar’s military regime has suspended issuing passports since last week, dismaying many job seekers planning to work overseas away from the social and economic turmoil in Myanmar. Labor rights activists say that the junta’s move is politically motivated.
The regime suspended issuing passports (...)
Leaked minutes from a top-level “counterterrorism” meeting led by Home Affairs Minister Lieutenant-General Soe Htut show the junta is at its wit’s end after failing to drum up public support to crush the shadow National Unity Government (NUG).
The leaked document, which comes from a December (...)
Resistance attacks on Myanmar regime bases have escalated this month after the civilian National Unity Government (NUG) and several ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) vowed to step up operations to end military rule.
Fighting is expected to intensify as the junta responds with shelling and (...)
Myanmar’s junta chief Min Aung Hlaing has yet to announce a date for a general election that he plans to hold in August this year amid armed conflict across the country.
But Min Aung Hlaing appears determined to secure the presidency and is expected to push ahead with an election by any means. (...)
Villagers-turned-pro-democracy fighters rely on ‘brothers and sisters’ in India for guns and food.
Sunglingthanhg, aged 63, keeps an eye on the village of Haimual from his post. Photograph: Aakash Hassan/The Observer
With a loaded cartridge holder strapped to her back and a shotgun gripped (...)
More than 20 employees fired for protesting conditions in a Yangon factory opt out of signing a contract to be rehired, stating that their demands to address rights violations were ignored
Workers from Myanmar Pou Chen factory, which produces Adidas shoes, are seen asking for an increase in (...)
2022 witnessed the first anniversary of the February 2021 attempted coup in Myanmar. Despite the many exacerbating circumstances since then, Rohingya and all other people in the country continue to resist, calling for peace, justice and freedom.
Dear friends and colleagues,
Happy New Year! (...)
Acting President Duwa Lashi La of Myanmar’s civilian National Unity Government (NUG) said in his new year’s speech that 2023 will mark the turning point in the war against military rule and called for continuous revolution.
“When we are fighting against the brutalities of the terrorist military (...)
Myanmar’s powerful ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) have vowed to uproot the country’s military dictatorship, despite junta promises of peace talks and a general election.
In his new year’s speech on Sunday, junta chief Min Aung Hlaing promised greater opportunities for ethnic minorities if the (...)
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