Tea and traditional clothes helped tell Myanmar’s history and political instability through a Chai Chat on Tuesday in the ...

Myanmar’s civil war has been one of the most complex and enduring conflicts in the history of modern warfare. It is a tragic saga defined by ethnic strife, authoritarian rule, civil dissent, and ...

August 8 is a date etched in blood. On this day in 1988, Myanmar’s military turned its guns on thousands of peaceful protesters in what is now remembered as the 8888 uprising. Although it was by no ...

Almost everyone in Myanmar wants democracy, yet few have considered what kind of democracy best aligns with the country’s political realities. Myanmar has endured decades of political instability, ...

The military’s decision to change the name of the country from ‘Burma’ to ‘Myanmar’, which was announced on 18 June 1989, caused a great deal of confusion. The military claimed that ‘Burma’ was a name ...

However, there are many parts of Myanmar where the junta has been less successful. Armed resistance groups control most of ...

Myint Swe, who has died aged 74, was the stooge for the latest phase of the armed forces’ seemingly perpetual repression of the Burmese people. He became acting president of Myanmar in February 2021, ...

Six of the signatories to the truce have since taken up arms against the junta, while three of the four that still abide by it have no army to speak of: here the Irrawaddy traces the NCA’s sorry ...

When a massive earthquake hit Myanmar last month, centuries of sacred history tumbled down -- towering Buddha idols, sky-scraping stupas and the pure-white pagoda where 83-year-old Khin Sein has ...

A historic, colonial-era bridge in Myanmar that was the world’s tallest railway trestle when it came up has been destroyed during the fighting between the military junta and rebels in the ongoing ...