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‘Children Torn in Two’: Witness Describes Myanmar Junta’s School Massacre
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.
Chinese Security Companies Pose Threat to Myanmar’s Sovereignty
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.
Chinese Security Companies Pose Threat to Myanmar’s Sovereignty
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...
Paramotors: The Myanmar Junta’s Latest Terror Weapon
Cheap and deadly, motorised paragliders have claimed the lives of two dozen civilians in resistance-held territory across central Myanmar in recent weeks.
How the Game Is Changing for Scam Centers on the Myanmar-Thai Border
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...
Kidnapped: How a Young Man Escaped Forcible Conscription in Myanmar
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...
Ex-U.S. Envoy Reflects on Trump’s Likely Myanmar Policy
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.
NUG Foreign Minister Discusses Gains, Challenges and International Hurdles
In an interview, Daw Zin Mar Aung discusses the challenges that lie ahead and the achievements of the anti-junta resistance in 2024.
Myanmar Junta Too Weak to Fight Back
Karenni Nationalities Defence Force chairman Khun Bedu tells The Irrawaddy that victory feels within his grasp this year.
A Man on a Mission
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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