To mark the passing of Myanmar weatherman U Tun Lwin, whose warnings about Cyclone Nargis fell on deaf ears in 2008, The Irrawaddy revisits a 2015 review of his memoir.
This month marks 12 years since thousands of monks protested against military misrule; The Irrawaddy revisits a 2014 commentary on the Saffron Revolution’s legacy.
To mark the 31st anniversary of the 1988 coup that would see Myanmar ruled by a military junta for more than two decades, The Irrawaddy revisits this analysis from 2018.
On this historic day, read the stories of seven Myanmar women spanning several generations that helped shape the '88 uprising and the democracy movement it spawned.
Thirty years on, which aims of Myanmar’s '88 uprising have been realized and which remain to be achieved, asks The Irrawaddy English Editor Kyaw Zwa Moe in this 2018 op-ed.
As Boris Johnson prepares to take over as Britain’s next prime minister, we revisit this 2017 commentary on a classic Johnson gaffe, made during the then foreign minister’s visit to...
U Thet Nyunt, one of Myanmar’s most senior artists and the father of prominent 88 Generation Students leader Ko Min Ko Naing, died Tuesday morning. He was 93 years old.
On the occasion of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's 74 birthday today, The Irrawaddy revisits a 2017 story about her time under house arrest and the strange visit of an...
As State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi visits Prague this week, The Irrawaddy revisits an interview with Karel Schwarzenberg, a former Czech foreign minister, from 2014.
As State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi visits Prague, The Irrawaddy revisits this 2010 profile of the late intellectual Minn Latt Yekhaun, one of the most influential figures in...
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