Resistance forces in Mandalay and Karen State’s Myawaddy attack regime installations with homemade rockets and bombs ahead of nationwide polls.
Myanmar was plunged into civil war by the military’s 2021 coup, and it instituted conscription two years ago to bolster its ranks as it battles resistance groups as well as ethnic minority armies that ...
Early voter turnout is thin as polling stations open for the first phase of staggered elections that have been widely dismissed as a sham.
Myanmar junta lifts Yangon's curfew days before its sham elections—claiming "stability" amid ongoing civil war and repression.
On Jan. 25, the junta hopes, another 63 townships will go to the polls, whether its writ runs there or not. But even that is ...
Scrutiny of vote widely regarded as a fraud to entrench military rule will be confined to regime’s supporters at home and abroad.
Military regime exports repression abroad as Seoul embassy targets protesters for rallying against its sham poll.
The junta-organized election has been engineered in a myriad subtle and unsubtle ways to ensure there can only be one winner: the military regime.
From Chinese meddling to staged scam-center crackdowns and a sham election, The Irrawaddy looks back at the key events and figures in another difficult year for Myanmar.
Min Aung Hlaing has told personnel to train for amphibious assaults and ground combat as the regime escalates indiscriminate attacks on resistance-held territory.
From Chinese meddling to staged scam-center crackdowns and a sham election, The Irrawaddy looks back at the key events and ...
Deadly airstrikes, raids and artillery attacks are targeting civilians across the Bamar heartland regions of Sagaing, Mandalay and Magwe.