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Special envoy to Myanmar Deng Xijun is reportedly in Naypyitaw as China appears to lose patience with regime chief Min Aung Hlaing.
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Neighbor offers assistance for planned census and election widely condemned as fraudulent and unworkable after the regime's loss of control over large swathes of country.
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On the 36th anniversary of the '88 uprising, The Irrawaddy compiles a pictorial record of the Myanmar military's brutality, then and now.
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Myanmar's dollar-starved junta has lowered the percentage of export earnings companies are forced to convert into the local currency to 25%, a week after revoking more than 100 export licenses
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Immigration officials are demanding money and more documents from young people arriving for flights at Yangon International Airport. Jobseekers and tourists are being blocked from boarding their pre-booked flights.
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Analysts said the statement reflects China-backed ethnic forces' inability to protect civilians from the junta's constant bombing of territories it has lost in the area.
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Thursday, August 8, 2024
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 08/08/2024
Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 08/07/2024
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Clashes break out close to Nawnghkio, a town on the Myanmar-China trade route seized by the Ta'ang Army last month.
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Chin forces poised to take control of strategic town located 20 miles from regime's Northwestern Command Headquarters in Hakha.
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The court dissolved MFP and banned its executive board members from politics for 10 years over the party's attempt to reform the kingdom's royal defamation laws.
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The regime authorities say the Karenni capital's airport is ready to resume flights.
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The Brotherhood Alliance is calling on Beijing – Myanmar's major arms supplier – to urge the junta to stop bombing hospitals, schools, religious buildings and markets where civilians gather.
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In a 25-minute address after the fall of the North Eastern Command, he pointed the finger at the NLD, ethnic armed groups and, implicitly, China, for the country's woes.
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Phishing links have spiked as the junta's VPN ban pushes people toward alternatives that expose them to online security risks.
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The microfinance pioneer has been tapped to lead an interim government after mass protests forced longtime prime minister Sheikh Hasina to flee, the presidency announced.
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Tuesday, August 6, 2024
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 08/06/2024
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A major general and two brigadier generals were allegedly captured by the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army when the Northeastern Command in Lashio fell.
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After inflicting a strategic defeat and a major humiliation on the regime in Lashio, the resistance now has its sights set on Pyin Oo Lwin and Mandalay city.
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The Ta'ang National Liberation Army said it ordered Kutkai market to be cleared after a regime reconnaissance plane was spotted.
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It is the sixth town seized so far by ethnic armies and their resistance allies in the second phase of Operation 1027.
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Regime troops gear up for last-ditch battles in coastal townships of Thandwe, Taungup and Gwa
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