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.
Myanmar Conflict: Talks on to send back 179 BGP members
Foreign Minister Mohammad Hasan Mahmud said Dhaka is in talks with Naypyidaw to send back another 179 members of Myanmar’s Border Guard Police.
Myanmar’s Army is Collapsing: An Update
As the Myanmar military faces a record level of defections, its control of the country looks increasingly tenuous.
179 BGP men to be sent back to Myanmar following discussions: foreign minister
Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud today said Bangladesh was continuing discussions with Myanmar to send back the 179 Border Guard Police members who crossed into Bangladesh yesterday.
China is Pushing Both Sides to the Negotiating Table in Myanmar
Beijing is ramping up pressure after brokering a Shan State truce, convinced that neither side can win a civil war that is threatening billions of dollars in Chinese investment.
Urgent: Nearly 30 missing in jade mine collapse in northern Myanmar
YANGON, March 12 (Xinhua) — About 30 people went missing in a tailing pond collapse in a jade mine of Hpakant township in northern Myanmar’s Kachin state on Tuesday morning, local residents told …