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The activist, who was hanged in July 2022 for opposing the junta, spent nearly half his life in jail after helping to lead the 8888 Uprising.

Though most had never heard of ethnic Kachin Duwa Lashi La, who heads the National Unity Govt, before the coup, Myanmar people have embraced him as their leader.

An ex-news photographer tells The Irrawaddy of his new life fighting for a PDF group, and his belief that with enough arms and ammunition the resistance is sure to win.

Former NLD lawmaker U Phyo Zeya Thaw was a rapper, activist, political prisoner and MP before his recent arrest by the junta, which has branded him a key enemy.

Nan Khin Htwe Myint’s 75-year sentence for corruption is widely seen as absurd given her reputation for honesty; she has vocally opposed the coup even while detained.

Sought by the junta, NLD member Myat Thida Htun draws strength from her last conversation with her father, who passed away after going into hiding following the coup.

U Hla Shwe was jailed six times between 1959 and 2005; he died aged 84 on Thursday after his oxygen supply ran out. The Irrawaddy here republishes a 2012 profile of...

After marking 20 years of publishing Mon news, Guiding Star says it is being crushed by people’s inability to read the Mon language and online competition.

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.

Key developments at the agency include making training more useful and offering it to lower-level officials, says public policy expert who is assisting the reform process.