Politics

Chairing the first cabinet meeting of the year, Min Aung Hlaing bemoans a population decline of nearly 4 million and blames a falling birthrate and mass emigration.

Karenni Nationalities Defence Force chairman Khun Bedu tells The Irrawaddy that victory feels within his grasp this year.

88 Generation leader U Mya Aye welcomes criticism of the Ngwe Saung statement and stresses that federalism and democracy must go hand in hand in a future Myanmar.

The junta-proxy USDP’s fire-breathing Naypyitaw chapter chief Hla Swe, aka Bullet, demands loyalty to the military from all parties registered for the planned election.

Alarm bells ring after the junta’s election body tells political parties they can provide their own security personnel for the 2025 election and will be given weapons by the regime.

MPs in Seoul are preparing to vote on whether to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol.

NUG acting president urges return of entire cabinet to direct Spring Revolution and avoid becoming government in exile.

Key foreign policy picks include Senator Marco Rubio as secretary of state and Congresswoman Elise Stefanik as UN ambassador.

Min Aung Hlaing launches broadside against enemies including the ethnic resistance, pro-democracy forces, the elected NLD government, and foreign countries at scaled-down anniversary of 2015 ceasefire.

If the international community truly supports the interests of the Myanmar people, it should pressure the military junta, not the revolutionary forces, U Yee Mon tells The Irrawaddy in this...