Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 02/22/2026

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Feb 21, 2026 07:13 pm Junta Ramps Up Promises to Locals Over Myitsone Hydropower Project Regime officials promise Kachin residents the moon if they will only consent to reviving the controversial China-backed project, saying it will bring electricity to the remotest village. read on website

Feb 21, 2026 04:56 pm Border Affairs Minister Escapes Suicide Drone Attack in Chin State Yar Pyae was in the Chin capital of Hakha to celebrate the 78th Chin National Day when resistance drones struck, but junta officials managed to shoot them down. read on website

Feb 20, 2026 09:04 pm Who Will Succeed Min Aung Hlaing as Myanmar's Commander-in-Chief? As speculation swirls over a possible presidency for Min Aung Hlaing, attention turns to Soe Win, Kyaw Swar Lin—and the military's history of surprise successors. read on website

Feb 20, 2026 08:25 pm Myanmar's NUG Faces Staff Revolt After Dismissing Corruption Complaints Civilian government accused of lack of transparency in corruption probe of Prime Minister's Office Permanent Secretary and her husband. read on website

Feb 20, 2026 05:48 pm China Speeds Up Railway That Will Cut Swathe Through Myanmar China is pushing ahead with construction on its side of the border of a railway that will eventually give it a direct link to Mandalay—and beyond to the Indian Ocean. read on website

Feb 20, 2026 05:08 pm China Briefing: Indian Ocean Ambitions, New Year Celebrations, Taiwan Defiance and Japan Fallout From rail links to Rakhine and Lunar New Year in Wa territory, Beijing deepens its Myanmar footprint as tensions rise with Taipei and Tokyo. read on website

Feb 19, 2026 08:30 pm Myanmar's Most Decorated Dictator: Inside Min Aung Hlaing's Vanity Cabinet Not satisfied with bestowing honors on his allies and cronies, the junta chief has taken to awarding himself with prestigious titles. read on website

Feb 19, 2026 07:41 pm Thailand, Myanmar Junta Discuss Border Trade, Energy Cooperation After ministerial talks in Phuket, Bangkok says it hopes to help restore Myanmar's full ASEAN participation, while urging dialogue with ethnic groups. read on website

Feb 19, 2026 06:57 pm Junta Airstrikes, Troop Deployments Follow Ex-Resistance Leader's Surrender in Sagaing Bo Nagar, former head of the BNRA, surrendered after PDF raids in Pale as junta airstrikes continued across Sagaing Region. read on website

Feb 18, 2026 07:02 pm Thailand Positions Itself as 'Frontline State' for Myanmar Peace Efforts Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak said this week's informal Phuket meeting with the junta's FM is not recognition of the regime but an effort to push dialogue after its vote. read on website

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Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 01/31/2026

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Jan 31, 2026 04:29 pm Five Years After the Coup, Myanmar Is Worse Off Than Ever Politically blind and economically inept, the regime has only ramped up its brutal persecution of its own people since it overthrew the elected government in February 2021. read on website

Jan 31, 2026 08:38 am Five Years of a Stolen Future Five years after crushing a fragile democracy, Myanmar's generals still rule by force. But they will never quell the people's resistance. read on website

MORE ARTICLES Trump's 'America First' Policy Pushes Allies Toward China ASEAN Does Not Recognize Myanmar Junta's Election 'As of Now' Does USDP Chair Khin Yi Have a Shot at Myanmar's Presidency? Nationalist Monk Shrugs Off Accusations in Rohingya Genocide Case Myanmar's People Are No Slaves to the Junta—or to China

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Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 01/30/2026

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Jan 30, 2026 07:42 pm Trump's 'America First' Policy Pushes Allies Toward China From Canada to Europe to Asia, US allies are recalibrating in China's favor as Trump's bid to 'Make America Great Again' erodes global trust in Washington. read on website

Jan 30, 2026 06:36 pm ASEAN Does Not Recognize Myanmar Junta's Election 'As of Now' Philippines Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro tells reporters that some ASEAN member states see the vote as potentially 'positive,' but stressed this did not amount to formal backing. read on website

Jan 30, 2026 06:06 pm Does USDP Chair Khin Yi Have a Shot at Myanmar's Presidency? After the party's knockout performance in the polls, speculation is growing that the former hardline cop could become president—but is he more than the eternal enforcer? read on website

Jan 30, 2026 04:50 pm Nationalist Monk Shrugs Off Accusations in Rohingya Genocide Case Sitagu Sayadaw says his 2017 sermon to army officers likening non-Buddhists to animals was taken directly from scripture and he could not care less about the ICJ. read on website

Jan 30, 2026 03:08 pm Myanmar's People Are No Slaves to the Junta—or to China Beijing's backing of the junta's election lays bare China's priority: stability over democracy in Myanmar. read on website

MORE ARTICLES Junta's Poll Stacks New Parliament With Generals, Cronies and Loyalists Myanmar Junta Stepped Up Crimes Against Humanity Before Sham Election: Rights Groups China Executes 11 Linked to Myanmar Scam Compounds Thai Foreign Minister Says Hopes Myanmar Polls 'Start of Transition' to Peace The 'Walk for Peace' and the Sorry State of Buddhism in Myanmar

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