Outgoing Swiss Ambassador to Burma Christoph Burgener, who attended a preliminary meeting of ethnic peace negotiators in Chiang Mai on Thursday, speaks to The Irrawaddy about Switzerland’s involvement in the peace process and progress towards a nationwide ceasefire agreement.
Fortune-tellers around the world tap into a natural desire to know what’s in store next, and the Burmese seem to...
Read moreDetailsOn Wednesday, the Burma Army shelled a Kachin rebel base killing 22 cadets, making it one of the deadliest incidents...
Read moreDetailsIf you go on Burma’s Irrawaddy River you can find 70-year-old, Scottish-built paddle steamers still plying the waters—the last of...
Read moreDetailsAfter two decades as Burma's hottest rock band, Iron Cross plays its first concert for an appreciative crowd of thousands...
Read moreDetailsThe Irrawaddy revisits the 1988 pro-democracy uprising with this series of archival images.
Read moreDetailsThe picturesque eastern Shan State town of Kengtung lies just three hours from the Thai border and is becoming a...
Read moreDetails
