The Irrawaddy’s latest roundup includes incidents in Sagaing, Magwe, Bago, Yangon and Tanintharyi regions and Chin, Karen and Mon states.
Heroin worth Rs 5 lakh seized in Mizoram, Myanmar national held
Acting on a tip-off, a team from the Bawnkawn Police Station apprehended the person on Saturday and seized 10 grams of the narcotics substance.
Two Myanmar Rohingya community leaders killed in Bangladesh
A mob of a dozen people hacked to death two Rohingya community leaders in Bangladesh, police said Sunday, as security worsens in camps housing almost a million refugees.
Japanese filmmaker held in Myanmar sees jail term extended to 10 years
Japanese documentary filmmaker Toru Kubota has been sentenced to an additional three years in prison on charges of violating immigration laws …
Toyota begins production in Myanmar after coup delay
Toyota has announced that it has started operations at its first plant in Myanmar, a project suspended since February 2021 for reasons including “political change” brought by the coup.
How Sagaing is at Forefront of Revolution Against Myanmar’s Junta
Daily ambushes and attacks on Myanmar’s regime targets have put Sagaing Region at the center of the armed revolution against military rule. Following the 2021 coup, the revolution started in Sagaing …
Myanmar’s Crisis Since the Coup– in a Nutshell
The update on September 26, 2022, of the human rights situation in Myanmar to the UN Human Rights Council says it all: “The people of Myanmar have been caught in a rapid downward spiral, with growing …
Toyota Opens Myanmar Plant After Coup Induced Pause: Report
Toyota Motor Corp (NYSE: TM) has started operations at a new plant in Myanmar after a hiatus following the military coup. The Myanmar plant operations were paused, Reuters reported, for over nineteen …
Japanese filmmaker held in Myanmar gets three more years in prison
A Myanmar court sentenced Japanese documentary filmmaker Toru Kubota to an additional three years in prison on Wednesday on charges of violating an immigration law, the Japanese government said, …
Young, Underground Reporters ‘Fight a Gun With a Pen’ in Myanmar
The Southeast Asian nation has seen a relentless crackdown on free expression, with a small literary magazine emerging as one of the few remaining independent media outlets.