The Irrawaddy

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.

Michael DeSombre, the top State Department official for East Asia, announced some $45 million in aid as the US tries to bolster a fragile truce between Thailand and Cambodia.

Advance ballots, uncontested seats and dissolved opposition parties tilt early results sharply in favor of the regimes proxy party.

Resistance claims at least 40 regime troops killed in simultaneous attacks across three townships in Bamar heartland.

Philippine Foreign Secretary Lazaros meeting with Min Aung Hlaing risks legitimizing sham elections and eroding ASEANs leverage.

With an eye to securing the presidency for himself, Min Aung Hlaing has reshuffled senior posts in the military with a younger generation of trusted aides and associates.

Beijing shifts its crackdown from scam compounds to the tycoons at the top, as public anger and geopolitical concerns mount.

As the generals prepare another staged transition, Myanmar enters a familiar phase of endurance rather than hope.

Stuffed ballots, late arrivals, nobody watching the count: the list of complaints from civilian parties contesting the polls is long, but the election body is sitting on its hands.

Beijing has doubled down on support for a regime reviled at home, ignoring lessons from historic humiliations in Vietnam, Afghanistan, Syria, and elsewhere.

Clashes have flared up post-election around the state capital and the strategic port with its Chinese megaprojects as the Arakan Army renews attacks on the military regime.

US-indicted tycoon linked to regional scam compounds was detained in Cambodia after months of international pressure