The military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party is courting Ma Ba Tha extremists, sparking fears of a resurgence in ethno-religious violence after junta’s election.

Under cover of legitimate scientific exploration, China is gathering vital data on the weaknesses of other nations and building dependencies it can later exploit, warns Ratish Mehta.

This week, our editors discuss how internal weaknesses and massive pressure from junta-allied China brought the formerly ...

Focusing blame for arsenic contamination of the Salween River on Karenni and other EAOs obscures China’s deep role in Myanmar ...

Myanmar’s military regime has arrested at least 88 people for criticizing its planned election under a harsh new Election ...

The junta’s recent gains are brittle and no grounds for the resistance to despair, says Arakan Army Commander Tun Myat Naing in the fourth and final part of this exclusive interview.

Detainees face sentences ranging from lengthy prison terms to death as regime moves to silence opposition to its discredited poll.

The Irrawaddy highlights the junta-aligned candidates contesting Myanmar’s December polls, illustrated in a series of state ...

Myanmar’s military regime has announced elections in war-torn Papun, despite being encircled by resistance forces who control ...

BUSAN, South Korea—Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agreed Thursday to ease the trade war between China and the United States that ...

On Thursday alone, junta aircraft, naval vessels, artillery and drones bombed civilian targets in the AA-held townships of Rathedaung, Ponnagyun, and Pauktaw as well as in AA territory in Kyaukphyu ...

The paranoid junta now interprets its draconian Election Protection Law so widely that even criticism of pro-election propaganda material results in criminal charges.