In a remote corner of Myanmar a line of farmers move through a field of nodding poppies, making small cuts in the greenish-purple pods to release opium resin.”I can only know about my region of poppy …
Boom times for Myanmar opium farmers as coup chaos bites
In a remote corner of Myanmar a line of farmers move through a field of nodding poppies, making small cuts in the greenish-purple pods to release opium resin.”I can only know about my region of poppy …
Arakan Army Claims Seizure of Myanmar Junta Border Outpost
The Arakan Army (AA) says it seized a Myanmar junta outpost on the Bangladesh border in Maungdaw Township, Rakhine State, on Tuesday, forcing 179 regime troops across the frontier. More than 1,200 …
US Well-Placed To Guide Myanmar’s New Governance
(MENAFN- Asia Times) In Myanmar, hardly a day passes without a report of another village, town or township being“liberated” by one or more of the ethnic resistance organizations (EROs) or People’s …
Over 800 Chinese repatriated from Myanmar
BEIJING, March 13 (Xinhua) — More than 800 Chinese nationals involved in online gambling and telecom fraud crimes have been repatriated from Myanmar, the Ministry of Public Security said Wednesday.
Old pictures falsely portrayed as ‘western Myanmar air strike in 2024’
Two pictures of what appear to be a burned village resurfaced in Burmese-language Facebook posts that falsely claimed they show the aftermath of a military bombardment in Myanmar’s western Rakhine …
Remembering Two Deaths that Changed the Course of Myanmar’s History
To mark the 36th anniversary of the deaths of RIT students Ko Phone Maw and Ko Soe Naing, The Irrawaddy revisits an article published in March 2018.
Another 177 Myanmar Junta Personnel Flee From Rakhine to Bangladesh
Myanmar personnel flee from Rakhine to Bangladesh, less than a month after 330 were repatriated after abandoning the battle with Arakan Army.
Undertones: Myanmar’s E-ID system means progress or surveillance?
Since the coup on 1st February 2021, citizenship ID card inspections by Myanmar’s military regime authorities have become commonplace on roads, at checkpoints, and during nighttime house inspections.
Bomb attacks in Yangon put Myanmar’s biggest city on edge
YANGON/BANGKOK — A series of explosions targeting companies connected to the military in Myanmar’s largest city have brought the conflict there closer to foreigners who live there.