China’s growing involvement in Myanmar’s civil war is propping up the regime for now, but Beijing underestimates the opposition’s resolve, fueling further instability.

To mark detained Myanmar leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s 80th birthday, The Irrawaddy presents a timeline of the key events in her life.

The leader of the ethnic armed group discusses the fight to hold onto Nawnghkio as the junta steps up its efforts to retake ...

Catholics in civil war-hit Myanmar have expressed gratitude to Pope Leo XIV for his call to peace in the Southeast Asian nation, which has been plagued by decades of conflict and repressive military ...

Thailand says mines in Myanmar are leaching toxic water downstream into the Kok River which runs between the two countries. That's after alarmingly high levels of arsenic were discovered in the river.

China's arms exports to Pakistan are just one part of a complex military production, export, and diplomacy ecosystem that ...

On 19 June, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Burmese democratic leader will turn 80 in prison, where she has been held ...

Historian Jeff Wasserstrom explains the origins of an online political movement that has shaped Asia’s youth protest culture.

Everyone’s focus seems to be on Ukraine and, more recently, the escalating Israel-Iran conflict, but there are bloody battles ...

In exile, Myanmar’s scholars have continued to engage in teaching, research, and collaborative initiatives to exchange ...