The surging number of people signing up for news writing training in Myanmar shows that the junta’s crackdown on journalists and news outlets has, like everything else it does, backfired.
The ethnic armed organization took control of the town in Rakhine State on Sunday.
Last of the junta’s soldiers fled Rathedaung town by boat on Sunday evening as the Arakan Army continues its efforts to drive the junta’s military out of Myanmar’s westernmost state.
Dr. Tayzar San, who led the country’s first anti-coup protest, discusses revolutionary unity, ethnic diversity, conscription, China, and more in a wide-ranging interview with The Irrawaddy.
The Irrawaddy’s latest roundup includes incidents in Rakhine and Kachin states and Bago and Sagaing regions.
Srettha Thavisin said he would impose regulations on farmers who burn stubble, as the city’s air quality again ranked among the world’s worst.
People in their 70s and a blind man were reportedly among those killed in Myingyan Township raids in response to resistance attacks.
Ellen Goldstein’s Damned If You Do pulls no punches in its excoriating account of World Bank incompetence amid crisis.
Video by Arakan Army highlights testimony of civilians captured by junta troops in Rakhine State who narrowly escaped execution after being used as porters and human shields.
The Kachin Independence Army says it fought for a week to topple Infantry Battalion 237 headquarters in Bhamo District.
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