The Irrawaddy

Myanmar wraps up its stage-managed election today, a move designed to cement military rule five years after the coup.

Foreign intervention occasionally ends other tyrannies, but Myanmars generals remain untouched.

Testimony cited in The Hague shows how influential monks abandoned compassion to serve power and impunity, offering religious cover for the militarys violence.

Dozens also wounded as regime air force bombs crowds gathering for ceremonies in Kachin and Magwe.

The regime has ordered two Karen armed groups to protect its battalion headquarters in Myawaddy after scam warlord Saw Chit Thu threatened defection.

Regime issues four-point warning to ultranationalist followers planning rallies during ongoing hearings at International Court of Justice.

The junta claims to have retaken much of Mandalay from the resistance, but the voting map tells a different story, with many parts of the region still beyond its reach.

Videos and photos of Aung Ko Win golfing in Wales and flying in a chartered helicopter over London revive scrutiny of regime-linked tycoons.

Detained military relatives told local media they believe the junta is punishing the POWs for surrendering to the AA in 2024.

Locals report Arakan Army forces are now just 3.6 km from the Danyawaddy Navy base and also pushing towards the state capital, Sittwe.

Unity or disunity within and among ethnic groups leads this weeks topics of discussion between our editor in chief and veteran journalist Kyaw Zan Thar.

Fighting with the Kachin Independence Army has prompted last-minute cancellations in Mansi, Momauk and parts of Bhamo ahead of Sundays final phase of voting.

Dealers report regime price controls have throttled trade as gold rockets to new highs.

Malaysia reiterates regional blocs opposition to a vote staged by a regime seeking to subdue the country by force.

Not content with easing the regimes way back into the town under a China-brokered ceasefire, the ethnic army is now helping it advance into the countryside, a ground source says.

Sundays final phase of the juntas vote features entrenched power networks, uncontested seats and elections held in active conflict zones.

Online fraud operations resurface in northern Shan township after Kokang crackdown.

Adverts for new centers reported in Myawaddy, Yangon and Mandalay as the regime touts intensified action against the multibillion-dollar cyber-fraud industry.

Ramos-Hortas meeting with members of the Chin Human Rights Organizationwho were in Dili to file charges against Myanmar junta leadersconstitutes blatant interference, regime complains.

The Rakhine rebel group has been fighting the regime and its allies on multiple fronts, from the mountains to the coast.

With upstream accountability elusive, Thailand could emerge as a pragmatic leader on Mekong and Salween river protection.