The Irrawaddy spoke with leaders of ethnic armed groups, exiled political parties, activists, and analysts for their insights on the military-controlled parliament and its new speaker.

With the Brotherhood Alliance shattering in northern Shan State, the MNDAA is now demanding the KIA remove its checkpoints from the vital China-Myanmar trade route.

Maj-Gen Tar Bong Kyaw said failed talks and rival ambitions led to clashes with the MNDAA, and urged a return to negotiation to prevent further conflict.

Clashes between the MNDAA and TNLA threaten to fracture the Brotherhood Alliance, exposing rival territorial ambitions and competing political visions in northern Shan State.

Military enforcer and USDP chief Khin Yi is rewarded with the speaker post, while the deputy’s role is taken by veteran apparatchik Maung Maung Aye.

Amid daily airstrikes on civilians and widespread condemnation of its war crimes and crimes against humanity, the Myanmar regime’s air force on Thursday held a commissioning ceremony for four fighter ...

In this second installment of a four-part series, The Irrawaddy’s Aung Zaw examines how the coup dismantled NLD reforms and restored military control over the economy.

The head of the notorious Military Intelligence and close aide to Min Aung Hlaing has been promoted to Army chief, ...

UN special rapporteur Tom Andrews warned that shrinking aid and global distraction could leave Myanmar’s worsening crisis further neglected.

New junta-imposed restrictions spark backlash from motorists facing technical glitches and long lines at filling stations.

Three-hour bombardment of Rakhine detention camp that killed 116 POWs was conducted after weeks of aerial reconnaissance, according to high-ranking survivor.

Regime forces push north with relentless barrage of air, drone, and artillery strikes following the reported fall of Tagaung—the last resistance-held town in Mandalay Region.