U Win Tin: Myanmar’s Revolutionary Journalist

NLD co-founder U Win Tin's call for justice for political prisoners has yet to be answered.

Former Red Flag communist Chit Hlaing, who worked alongside infamous figures from Myanmar’s past, died on March 24 at age 92.

The late activist and political prisoner would have been 88 today. We look back on his contribution to Myanmar's struggle for democracy.

Where are they now? In this article published in The Irrawaddy magazine, we checked up on the country’s retired military leaders.

After five years, lots of cash and countless photo opportunities, we are still waiting for Myanmar’s ‘peace industry’ to deliver.

Mired beneath the Yangon River for more than four centuries, the Dhammazedi Bell has become a symbol of all that unites and divides this nation.

100 years since his birth, Aung San’s aspirations for a unified and democratic Myanmar are yet to be realized.

From presidential eligibility to the civil service and citizenship laws, U Ko Ni expressed a wide range of views on charter reform before he was gunned down.

The brazen daylight assassination of U Ko Ni, legal adviser to the National League for Democracy, was clearly intended to send a signal to would-be reformers.

To mark the 109th birthday of the late U Thant, The Irrawaddy revisits this article about his legacy as UN secretary general.

Following the ANP lawmaker’s recent arrest for alleged unlawful association, The Irrawaddy revisits this analysis of Dr. Aye Maung’s unlikely path to political victory.

Achieving Gen. Aung San’s vision for a free, prosperous country appeared a distant dream when The Irrawaddy published this article to mark Independence Day in January 2008.

On the State Counselor’s fourth visit to China, The Irrawaddy revisits this story from July 2015 about her first visit.