The Irrawaddy

In areas controlled by ethnic armies, Local Education Boards are laying the groundwork for federalism amid Myanmars war.

Marauding regime troops arrest, kill, steal and extort after the resistance surrendered Madaya, Singu and Thabeikkyin along the Irrawaddy River.

Political turmoil and junta economic mismanagement have triggered soaring demand, pushing gold up 7.5-fold since the 2021 coup.

Pro-junta commentators and prominent regime figures rally to amplify the message that the putsch leader is the only potential head of state who can save the nation.

This week, our editors dismiss the election results as a foregone conclusion and focus on what will happen once it is over and a new government is formed.

The Venezuelan opposition leader handed over her Nobel Peace medal to the U.S. president at a dinner Thursday even though he has snubbed her as leader of her country.

Aid cuts, overcrowded classrooms and restrictions on schooling leave refugee students with few paths forward.

Citizens across Myanmar say fear, surveillance, and intimidation drove them to vote in the regimes poll, helping secure a mandate for the military to entrench its rule.

Regime blames armed resistance groups as it parades record Shan State haul of drugs and precursor chemicals before international agencies, diplomats and the press.

Myanmar citizens are likely to be among nationalities barred because the U.S. claims they often take benefits from Americansbut no official list has been released.

The UEC said Peoples Pioneer Party chief and ex-regime minister Daw Thet Thet Khine violated the constitution and political party registration law.

The juntas proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party has added seats to militarys parliamentary quota to reach governing majority in ongoing election.

With tourism at its lowest ebb, the irrepressible former rice trader has reinvented himself as a hospitality mogul by snapping up the countrys most desirable properties.

Heavy fighting involving regime troops, the Arakan Army, and Rohingya militia ARSA has spread to a dozen villages in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar.

From border militias to ballot boxes: the expanding reach of Wa power in Thailand.

Prominent regime figures secured seats as opposition candidates alleged irregularities and advance-vote manipulation.

Peoples Defense Forces continue to inflict heavy losses on junta troops in a concerted campaign coinciding with the regime-organized election.

Death toll mounts amid resistance to poll widely seen as a scam to prolong military rule.

Coinciding with Kachin State Day, another posse of senior regime figures descend on Myitkina to tout the benefits of the long-shelved China-backed dam project.

Genocide trial over 2017 crackdown in Rakhine State gets underway in the Hague as over 1 million Rohingya Muslims shelter in Bangladesh refugee camps.

Thailands Feb. 9 election will probably be free and fairbut the reactionary establishment will only tolerate the result if current prime minister Anutin wins, says Thitinan Pongsudhirak.

Voting in 100 townships saw sparse participation, heavy security, alleged advance-vote irregularities and resistance attacks as the junta pressed on with its staged poll.

Resistance fighters call on civilians to reject Sundays second phase of a vote widely regarded as rigged by the military regime.

Polls open in 100 townships amid tight security, low voter turnout reports, and heavy military presence. Follow The Irrawaddys live coverage throughout the day.

Myanmars junta moves into the second phase of its controversial three-phase election today, a vote that critics and residents dismiss as a sham designed to entrench junta rule.