From the Archive

To mark the 36th anniversary of the deaths of RIT students Ko Phone Maw and Ko Soe Naing, The Irrawaddy revisits an article published in March 2018.

To mark the third anniversary of the funeral of slain anti-coup protester Kyal Sin, The Irrawaddy revisits a March 2021 commentary on the then-nascent Spring Revolution.

In honor of late political prisoner Ma Noble Aye, who was reportedly killed in detention by junta troops in Bago Region’s Waw Township early this month, The Irrawaddy revisits an...

In remembrance of Wolfgang H. Trost, who dies on Feb. 17, The Irrawaddy revisits his article about a vanishing ethnic group in the country.

The Irrawaddy revisits a commentary published in the wake of the Karen leader’s assassination in February 2008.

To mark Tuesday’s 20th anniversary of the massacre, The Irrawaddy revisits an interview from 2003 in which a survivor recalls the deadly attack on an NLD convoy.

To mark the 107th anniversary of her birth yesterday, The Irrawaddy revisits a 2002 profile of the pioneering Myanmar journalist and political dissenter.

To mark the 34th anniversary of the founding of the NLD, The Irrawaddy revisits a commentary from June last year on why the junta will never defeat the party.

The Irrawaddy revisits a 2014 review of an art project by Ko Htein Lin honoring political prisoners’ sacrifices. The artist was arrested by the Myanmar junta this week.

With Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov meeting junta officials in Naypyitaw, The Irrawaddy revisits this commentary on the alliance between Moscow and the Myanmar junta.