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The civilian government has appointed US businessman John Todoroki, once jailed in Myanmar for growing marijuana, to lobby the Trump administration for support.
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A TNLA official said China has gone beyond making occasional threats against the armed group and is now applying multiple forms of sustained pressure.
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Despite pledging a post-quake ceasefire, Myanmar's military carried out over 240 attacks, UN rights chief Volker Turk said, calling for a return to civilian rule.
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Monday, May 5, 2025
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 05/05/2025
Saturday, May 3, 2025
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 05/03/2025
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The regime responded to the failure of Chinese peace talks by targeting civilians in Ta'ang National Liberation Army territory with airstrikes.
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Civilian United Nations ambassador U Kyaw Moe Tun says the regime cannot be trusted with the nuclear power plant that Russia has pledged to build in Naypyitaw.
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Also this week, Min Aung Hlaing pleaded with workers to stay in Myanmar, while snubbing Malaysia's appeal for a ceasefire extension to aid quake relief.
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As they continue their vital work in the face of a deadly regime, dwindling financial assistance and rising AI-driven threats, Myanmar's journalists need support.
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Friday, May 2, 2025
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 05/02/2025
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A political party in Bangladesh says a Rohingya-majority area of Rakhine State should become an independent state for returning refugees.
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The collapse of the unfinished Office of the Auditor General, which killed scores of migrant workers from Myanmar, was no accident but a direct result of unchecked Chinese influence, says Ankit K.
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Members of Grammy-winning punk rock band Green Day get a star on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles.
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Thousands of Mandalay civilians are enduring high temperatures while living in tents.
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A family of four and their pet dog died after inhaling exhaust fumes from a generator running in their closed apartment in Yangon's Sanchaung Township.
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Fresh fighting has erupted between Karen State's Kawkareik and Kyonedoe as the regime tries to recapture strategic positions along the Asia Highway, the main trade route with Thailand.
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ASEAN should send a military delegation, led by a Malaysian general, to Myanmar to engage with all sides of the conflict as impartial observers.
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Thursday, May 1, 2025
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 05/01/2025
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Over 250 civilians killed as regime targets earthquake-devastated Mandalay and Sagaing under cover of 'ceasefire'.
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Tide of mass emigration being driven by economic collapse, forced conscription, and widespread human rights abuses under military rule.
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