The six-month extension is intended to buy time for the military’s long-promised election, but conditions in the country are ...

He told CNA that he hopes Myanmar’s military regime would free his mother and other political prisoners, and return the ...

Young Rohingya men are being forced to fight as foot soldiers on both sides of Myanmar’s brutal civil war - SPECIAL DISPATCH: ...

Four years ago today, a military junta in Myanmar seized power from the country's democratically elected government. They sent tanks into the streets and detained the country's president, as well as ...

An analysis of the conflict throughout 2024 found that as the military’s grip on power weakened, it launched relentless waves ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Peace prospects look bleak in Myanmar as a civil war rages despite international pressure on the military four ...

To mark Saturday’s fourth anniversary of the military coup, The Irrawaddy breaks down the devastating impacts of junta rule ...

Cadets of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) preparing for military drills at the group's headquarters in Laiza, Kachin State, Myanmar, October 2016. (Photo by Paul Vrieze / VOA/ public domain ...

The most well-known armed group taking on Myanmar’s ruling junta faces renewed accusations of rape, night raids, and murder.

After videos of two violent killings went viral online, the Arakan Army in Myanmar has admitted its troops killed two ...

Myanmar’s junta now only controls 21% of the country. Even if the regime can be ousted, there are increasing fears the ...

On Monday, the AA announced it was advancing eastward through the Rakhine (Arakan) Mountains and had captured the Moe Hti ...