Seventy-two workers at a chicken processing plant are owed two-and-a-half months’ wages, but when they protested, their employer threatened to have them deported.
Read moreDetailsTrump is not, as some claim, an isolationist. How this will play out in the region remains to be seen, but it is unlikely the junta can expect ties with the US to warm.
Will ethnic armies build on their success and work with Bamar groups to remove the Myanmar military from power, or stay focused on their goal of territorial autonomy?
A Chinese-backed canal through Cambodia that would link Phnom Penh with the Gulf of Thailand throws up troubling questions about Beijing’s growing involvement in Southeast Asia.
There can be no ‘happy new year’ for Myanmar until the day the Min Aung Hlaing regime falls.
Military defector Swe Taw says broken supply lines and encirclement leave northern Chin State and neighboring Magwe Region vulnerable to resistance attacks.
As Yangon’s Golden Valley enjoys an unexpected cash bonanza, questions around some surprise beneficiaries...
Founded in 1993 by a group of Myanmar journalists living in exile in Thailand, The Irrawaddy is a leading source of reliable news, information, and analysis on Burma/Myanmar and the Southeast Asian region. From its inception, The Irrawaddy has been an independent news media group, unaffiliated with any political party, organization or government. We believe that media must be free and independent and we strive to preserve press freedom.
© 2023 Irrawaddy Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved