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Read all The Irrawaddy’s coverage of Min Aung Hlaing’s China visit, including his meetings with officials and investors, and analysis of Beijing’s support for his regime.
Kim Aris talks to the Irrawaddy a week after he raised the alarm over the ousted democracy leader’s worsening heart condition.
Rights group JFM said Geedge Networks, led by Great Firewall architect Fang Binxing, and 13 Myanmar telecom firms are ...
Regime’s Election Commission purges four parties—three national and one regional—for allegedly failing to meet registration ...
A current-affairs blogger from Shan State has been sentenced to seven years for mocking the regime’s ability to keep basic ...
Myanmar Yatai International Holding Group Co., LTD. is a joint venture between KNA’s Chit Linn Myaing Co., (CLM Co.) and She ...
Even as it marks the 80th anniversary of victory over fascism in World War II, China is propping up a regime in Myanmar that commits atrocities on a massive scale, says Thet Htar Maung.
Myanmar’s junta has recaptured key positions on Lakhat Mountain, the highest peak near Myawaddy town, in a fresh push to ...
Regime troops are advancing south after recapturing the Asian Highway to Myawaddy on the border with Thailand.
Regime troops seem to be replacing those of allied Karen militias in security posts around the town on the Thai border as the junta secures its territorial gains in the area.
China’s oil and gas pipelines across Myanmar enrich Beijing and the junta, but villagers along the route face threats to their livelihood and live in a climate of fear.
Min Aung Hlaing’s meeting with Xi Jinping underscores Chinese support for junta and its plans for an election expected to ...