Commentary

The recent resumption of fighting in northern Shan saw officials from juntas past and present trek to China—and brought a brand new annual holiday for Myanmar people. 

A Yangon resident describes skyrocketing food prices, shortages, a deepening crime wave, and the constant fear of arrest by soldiers.

International partners who think they can work with the regime need look no further for proof that nothing it says is to be believed.

Myanmar’s monks once led the fight against colonialism and dictatorship. Today, many prefer to collect fancy cars in return for spiritually legitimizing a brutal regime.

Degradation and exploitation under junta rule underscores the warning message of this year’s environment-themed World Press Freedom Day.

To mark the third anniversary of the funeral of slain anti-coup protester Kyal Sin, The Irrawaddy revisits a March 2021 commentary on the then-nascent Spring Revolution.

In Thailand and farther afield, they join the wealthy and the educated who have already put down roots and invested heavily in societies that offer them a future.

In honor of late political prisoner Ma Noble Aye, who was reportedly killed in detention by junta troops in Bago Region’s Waw Township early this month, The Irrawaddy revisits an...

For all the calls for peace from Beijing, Myanmar’s loss of stability is China’s gain.

Independence Day celebrations last week were overshadowed by the biggest defeat in the Myanmar military’s modern history.