Exiled economist U Sein Htay tells The Irrawaddy that the regime will have to find new revenue streams after this month's sanctions.
Wendy Law-Yone tells The Irrawaddy her new book explores the detained democracy leader’s ‘particular hold on the collective imagination of the people of Myanmar’.
The Arakan Army’s spokesman tells The Irrawaddy that the regime is providing no aid in its territory and preventing the international community from helping.
A PDF spokesperson says regime infantry are suffering heavy casualties in the fiercest clashes since the uprising began.
A resistance fighter who witnessed the Pazi Gyi village airstrike in Sagaing Region says most of the victims were civilians.
In Part Two of an interview, Asia security expert Jason Tower says to end Myanmar’s crisis, the NUG, EAOs, civil society and diverse global actors must work together.
In the first part of an interview, Asia security expert Jason Tower discusses China’s evolving relationship with the Myanmar junta and northern ethnic armies.
The general secretary of the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy told The Irrawaddy that the junta’s proposed election will be meaningless unless it brings positive change.
The National Unity Government’s U Aung Myo Min describes the current situation as ‘the worst’, in which all kinds of human rights are systematically violated.
In part two of an interview, security analyst Anthony Davis looks at possible developments this year in the war against the junta as well as internationally.
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