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Interview
Janes’ Anthony Davis says Myanmar’s highly motivated PDFs have taken their resistance against an arrogant and ineffective Myanmar military into a crucial second phase.
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Features
SBDF chief Bo Thanmani, son of a Rakhine communist rebel, was killed in a clash in Shwebo while using his group’s only assault rifle to cover his fighters, members say.
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Burma
Celebrations take place nationwide and around the world as Myanmar people honor their detained leader.
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Burma
Several armed groups that are currently fighting the regime snubbed Min Aung Hlaing’s earlier invite to talks.
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Guest Column
World events have brought to Southeast Asia a new era of confrontation and conflict, this time led by—but not limited to—US-China geostrategic rivalry and competition.
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Burma
Foreign govts and organizations have joined local groups in condemning the junta’s announcement that it will proceed with the executions of four anti-regime activists.
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Analysis
The United Wa State Party has full control over its territory on the Chinese border but gaining full statehood might be challenging.
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Burma
Myanmar’s parallel National Unity Government said the military regime has no mandate to negotiate or govern the country.
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Interview
Acting President of the National Unity Government Duwa Lashi La speaks to The Irrawaddy about what the people’s government has achieved since it was formed.
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Burma
Many ethnic armed organizations are boycotting the talks with the regime in the capital Naypyitaw.
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Burma
The regime last month awarded titles to leaders of seven of the 10 groups planning to attend talks, prompting speculation it was looking to secure their participation.
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Burma
Khun Tun Oo, the former Shan Nationalities League for Democracy chairman, has died of natural causes after a lifetime working to establish a federal democracy.
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Guest Column
With junta forces exhausted by fighting across the country, the regime wants a ceasefire with ethnic armed organizations to allow it to focus on resistance groups.
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Guest Column
Global aid donors such as the United Nations and the European Union appear to believe that it is business as usual in a Myanmar under military rule.
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From the Archive
To mark the death of Madeleine Albright earlier this week, The Irrawaddy revisits this 2013 account of a visit to Myanmar by the former US Secretary of State.