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The civilian National Unity Government says junta airstrikes have killed at least 3,242 people since the 2001 coup.
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Also this week, the regime held mock polls with machines, left Rakhine to starve, and cashed a Russian arms 'donation'.
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Saturday, July 12, 2025
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 07/12/2025
Friday, July 11, 2025
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 07/11/2025
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Myanmar's civilian National Unity Government must shape up to meet its responsibilities in territories it controls and grow into effective revolutionary leadership, demands Dr. Tayzar San.
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Delighted to have been noticed at all by the U.S. president, Min Aung Hlaing thanks Trump for shutting down American-funded media that reported candidly on his regime's abuses.
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Beijing accused of pressuring ethnic army to stop fighting Myanmar junta for control of Bhamo in Kachin State.
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Survivors of sexual abuse in Myanmar speak out online not to embrace 'mob culture' but because formal systems fail to deliver justice.
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Thursday, July 10, 2025
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 07/10/2025
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Four children were among the dead as regime jets targeted resistance-held Mawchi in Karenni and TNLA-controlled Mogoke in Mandalay Region.
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Admired satirist Maung Tha Cho and anti-regime monk Shwe Nya Wa Sayadaw, both jailed after the 2021 coup, died Thursday of illnesses made worse by prison neglect.
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Thousands of drafted soldiers are being fed directly into key front-line conflicts in Shan, Mandalay and elsewhere, say defectors, resistance fighters and ethnic armies.
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The MNDAA calls it 'progress', but Chinese-funded redevelopment in northern Shan is pushing locals to the margins economically, culturally and politically.
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Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 07/09/2025
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Pro-democracy activist Dr Tayzar San says the National Unity Government must reform its leadership and strengthen its capacity to lead the revolution properly.
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Rosoboronexport gives $431,000 for disaster relief after selling $227 million in weapons to a regime blamed for around 7,000 civilian deaths.
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While Myanmar is not a major trade partner of the U.S., individual manufacturers of clothes, shoes, and bags are likely to suffer if American orders dry up.
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This week's Irrawaddy editorial discussion asks if the regime will fall like one of its unreliable aircraft.
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