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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Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 01/29/2026

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Jan 29, 2026 05:55 pm Junta's Poll Stacks New Parliament With Generals, Cronies and Loyalists Myanmar's incoming legislature will be dominated by retired officers, junta ministers and ultranationalists after the USDP's sweeping election victory. read on website

Jan 29, 2026 04:14 pm Myanmar Junta Stepped Up Crimes Against Humanity Before Sham Election: Rights Groups Attacks on civilians surged in 2025 as the regime used violence to crush dissent before staging a fraudulent vote, international human rights watchdogs say. read on website

Jan 29, 2026 02:31 pm China Executes 11 Linked to Myanmar Scam Compounds Those executed Thursday were members of the Ming crime family, state media said, who operated in the northern Shan State crime hub of Laukkai. read on website

Jan 29, 2026 02:20 pm Thai Foreign Minister Says Hopes Myanmar Polls 'Start of Transition' to Peace Bangkok urges dialogue and restraint as ASEAN weighs its response to Myanmar's junta-run vote. read on website

Jan 29, 2026 08:53 am The 'Walk for Peace' and the Sorry State of Buddhism in Myanmar This week our editors discuss the glaring contrast between Theravada monks' popular Walk for Peace across the U.S. and the silent, co-opted clergy in junta-ruled Myanmar. read on website

MORE ARTICLES Iran-Linked 'Ghost Ships' Fueling Myanmar Junta's Deadly Air War: Reports Thousands Flee Intense Fighting on Old Yangon–Mandalay Road in Bago Myanmar Junta Replaces Home Minister in Reshuffle Ahead of Post-Poll Regime     Aung Myo Min Din: From Modest Beginnings to Prominent Hotelier Myanmar Nationalists Protest ICJ Rohingya Genocide Case in Yangon

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Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 01/28/2026

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Jan 28, 2026 06:41 pm Iran-Linked 'Ghost Ships' Fueling Myanmar Junta's Deadly Air War: Reports Reuters and Amnesty probes reveal the sanctions-busting fuel supply behind a bombing campaign that killed more than 2,000 people last year. read on website

Jan 28, 2026 06:12 pm Thousands Flee Intense Fighting on Old Yangon–Mandalay Road in Bago A coordinated resistance offensive has been bogged down around the transport node of Penwegon since the middle of January amid relentless artillery fire from the junta. read on website

Jan 28, 2026 04:46 pm Myanmar Junta Replaces Home Minister in Reshuffle Ahead of Post-Poll Regime     Lt Gen Tun Tun Naung has been reassigned to military duties in an ongoing shakeup seen as shoring up loyalty in the ranks before transition to a nominally civilian government.   read on website

Jan 28, 2026 03:55 pm Aung Myo Min Din: From Modest Beginnings to Prominent Hotelier From tour guide to tycoon, Aung Myo Min Din's rise tracks Myanmar's early 2000s tourism boom—and the military ties, land seizures and controversies that followed. read on website

Jan 28, 2026 11:08 am Myanmar Nationalists Protest ICJ Rohingya Genocide Case in Yangon Nationalist activists and monks rally as Myanmar faces genocide allegations in The Hague over its 2017 crackdown on the Rohingya. read on website

MORE ARTICLES Rival Party Leaders Defeated or Barred as Junta Proxy USDP Sweeps Myanmar Election Myanmar Junta Purges Air Force Top Brass Ahead of New Government China Hails Myanmar Junta's 'Steady and Orderly' Election Mandalay Residents 'Pressured to Vote' in Myanmar Junta's Election USDP Sweeps Final Phase of Junta Election as Rival Party Leaders Lose Races

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