A defector tells The Irrawaddy that the regime is recruiting mentally unstable people and men above the maximum age.

In 2002, junta No. 2 Maung Aye brought centuries of military pride to a golf match with Thai officers; his men won, but were ...

The Myanmar Investment Commission this month reported that the energy sector topped foreign investment categories, accounting ...

Today, Pauktaw is a jumble of scorched ruins, collapsed houses, bomb-charred buildings, crumbling properties and empty roads ...

The Yarlung Tsangpo hydropower project in Tibet, envisioned to be bigger than the Three Gorges Dam, threatens a uniquely ...

Seizure of Thabeikkyin would mark third recapture this month, after victories in neighboring Shan State’s Mobye and Nawnghkio ...

Two anti-regime groups in Mon State say they will take “military action” against anyone taking part in the regime’s planned ...

The UWSA’s restart of tin mining reveals how a non-state actor can control global supply chains—and highlights China’s ...

Even in areas where the junta’s writ still runs, political parties feel safer keeping a low profile and struggle to meet ...

A drone suspected of being used in junta strikes on the KNLA veered into Thai territory and was defused by Thai forces, ...

Tributes pour in for the heavy metal legend who capped his career with a final Black Sabbath show in Birmingham just a few weeks ago.

Student leader Ma Wut Yi Aung succumbed to head injuries sustained under torture, while Mon NLD politician Ko Pyae Sone Aung had been suffering from hypertension and clogged arteries.