This week’s Irrawaddy editorial discussion asks what 2025 holds for Myanmar and if it will see the end of Min Aung Hlaing’s military regime?

Assets Paetongtarn Shinawatra declared to the anti-graft agency include 75 watches worth Bt162 million, 217 handbags worth Bt76 million and property in Japan and the UK.

Fierce fighting has erupted in Taung Pone Gyi, a vital checkpoint for the regime if it wants to defend its arms production ...

Regime troops on Wednesday abandoned a heavily reinforced rural police station in Budalin Township after failing to break a siege by local resistance groups.

After seizing control of Gwa Township just before the New Year, the ethnic rebel group said it is open to peace talks and ...

Duwa Lashi La acknowledged shortcomings within the civilian government and invited capable people to join his team.

The Irrawaddy looks back at the key players that shaped Myanmar in 2024, a year in which the junta suffered serious military ...

The world must act now to break China’s monopoly on rare earth mining and processing and the environmental and human ...

In an ironic twist, junta boss Min Aung Hlaing decided to mark World Tourism Day on Sept. 27 by urging ministers and tourism agencies to “boost tourism services and disseminate true information about ...

A captured Myanmar junta brigadier general has urged military personnel in Rakhine State to surrender to the Arakan Army (AA) and avoid further deaths under “incompetent” leadership. This month, the ...