Having Chinese private security firms in Myanmar also creates a high likelihood of Chinese nationals being caught up in the fighting and possibly killed. In addition, as the recent stunning fall of ...

Myanmar's civil war has shifted dramatically. But the potential for the military junta's collapse has been overstated. The ...

Election without an end to conflict and freedom for political activities will be unjust and unacceptable, critics say ...

China wants to use private security contractors to protect its investment projects in the war-ravaged country.

In memory of Professor David Steinberg, who passed away last week, The Irrawaddy revisits his 2022 article on how Myanmar ...

The arrest warrant against junta chief Min Aung Hlaing only addresses a tiny portion of the crimes committed by the Myanmar ...

Russia joins China and India in backing discredited poll, regime boss’s economic lies unravel, study showed over 1,800 ...

Karim Khan, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, announced that he is seeking an arrest warrant against Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the head of Myanmar's military junta, for his role in the ...

For millions who have endured decades of systematic oppression, displacement and violence, this move is more than symbolic, it is an overdue acknowledgment of their suffering ...

The International Criminal Court’s member states open their annual meeting Monday as the court faces pushback over arrest ...

Civilians in Myanmar and rights activists have welcomed a potential move to arrest and prosecute military junta chief General ...