Myanmar’s junta failed in its attempt to auction Aung San Suu Kyi’s lakeside mansion on Wednesday, with no bids submitted for the former democracy leader’s home – the third time the sale has flopped.

Press gangs prowl the streets of Mandalay and Bagan, snatching people on their way to or from work on trumped-up charges or for no reason at all.

Electricity, internet services and fuel supply to five areas of Myanmar were to be cut off on Wednesday morning, the deputy ...

The Kachin Independence Army says the Artillery Battalion 366 headquarters have been seized in the junta’s Kachin power hub of Bhamo.

The military regime has cut the town off from surrounding villages, many of which are resistance strongholds, causing an acute shortage of food and medicines for civilians.

The decision is expected to affect several Myanmar towns along the border, such as Shwe Kokko in Myawaddy, Thai Defense Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said.

With US$456 million invested in Myanmar last year alone, Singapore plays a substantial role in funding the junta’s abuses, be it by producing oil or paying it hard cash.

Despite assertions of international support, the regime’s proposed election finds favor only among a tiny handful of ...

Magwe hosts over a dozen of the junta’s ordnance factories, known by the Burmese acronym KaPaSa. KaPaSa 14, which produces ...

Combined ethnic and Bamar resistance forces launched a daring raid on the strategic base in Belin Township, killing or arresting regime troops and seizing a haul of weapons.

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

Beijing’s claims to prioritize sovereignty and noninterference mask its true strategic ambition: regional hegemony.