Rights groups warn Sweden’s withdrawal of aid to Myanmar could hasten collapse of independent reporting and human rights monitoring, leaving junta’s abuses largely invisible.

Also this week, the regime reined in Karen allies, jailed an election critic, texted fighters trying to topple it, and cried fake news on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s health.

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.

Regime’s Election Commission purges four parties—three national and one regional—for allegedly failing to meet registration ...

Rights group JFM said Geedge Networks, led by Great Firewall architect Fang Binxing, and 13 Myanmar telecom firms are ...

Myanmar’s junta has recaptured key positions on Lakhat Mountain, the highest peak near Myawaddy town, in a fresh push to ...

Kim Aris talks to the Irrawaddy a week after he raised the alarm over the ousted democracy leader’s worsening heart condition.

Myanmar Yatai International Holding Group Co., LTD. is a joint venture between KNA’s Chit Linn Myaing Co., (CLM Co.) and She ...

A current-affairs blogger from Shan State has been sentenced to seven years for mocking the regime’s ability to keep basic ...

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.

Min Aung Hlaing’s meeting with Xi Jinping underscores Chinese support for junta and its plans for an election expected to ...

The parties eager to contest the polls are mostly military-led or coopted outfits, with the exception of the People’s Party ...