Educator Daw Yati Ohn found a blood-soaked classroom and parents shattered by the slaughter of 22 students in the regime’s latest attack on children.
Burmese-American security expert Miemie Winn Byrd discusses the risks of letting Chinese security firms operate in Myanmar, and how pro-democracy forces can counter them.
In an interview with The Irrawaddy's Ei Kay Kyaw, Dr. Miemie Winn Byrd says the junta’s new law allowing China to protect its local interests using security firms risks making...
Cheap and deadly, motorised paragliders have claimed the lives of two dozen civilians in resistance-held territory across central Myanmar in recent weeks.
The political will to crack down on scam centers is greater than ever, but don’t expect the Chinese syndicates to be quashed any time soon, security expert Jason Tower tells...
Coming home from a shopping trip, the young man was beaten, forced into a car, and sold into conscription for 5 million kyats. Only at the last minute did he...
Trump may care little about Myanmar, but a robust U.S. foreign-policy infrastructure means the generals in Naypyitaw have nothing to celebrate, Scot Marciel tells The Irrawaddy.
In an interview, Daw Zin Mar Aung discusses the challenges that lie ahead and the achievements of the anti-junta resistance in 2024.
Karenni Nationalities Defence Force chairman Khun Bedu tells The Irrawaddy that victory feels within his grasp this year.
How an obsessive quest for self-discovery led a Boston native to amass a vast archive about Myanmar’s struggle for democracy—and to friendship with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
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