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Arakan Army expands focus to Magwe, Bago and Ayeyarwady regions after capturing most of ethnic homeland.
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Min Aung Hlaing praises China as an 'eternal good neighbor', vowing to safeguard its investments following Beijing's intervention to rescue his regime.
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As fighting from northern Shan State spills over into Mandalay Region, junta boss Min Aung Hlaing's alma mater in Pyin Oo Lwin is no longer safe from attack.
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Kachin Independence Army and allied forces also have an artillery unit surrounded amid clashes and junta airstrikes in Bhamo, almost all of whose residents have fled.
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PDF, KIA and allied forces attacked junta troops who have been holed up in a monastery in the Sagaing Region town for months with hundreds of civilian 'human shields'.
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Resistance forces say the junta deliberately targets regime troops who have surrendered to prevent them from disclosing war crimes and strategies.
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Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 01/28/2025
Monday, January 27, 2025
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 01/27/2025
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Dr. Nay Soe Maung is the latest casualty in a long history of power struggles between ruling dictators and their predecessors.
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Myanmar men deported from Ranong describe a system in which junta officials routinely visit a Thai detention center to arrange swift transport and military conscription.
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Crackdown sparks immigration raids in Mae Sot, where tens of thousands are seeking sanctuary from junta persecution.
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Two small children were among the dead and dozens were injured when the junta bombed a village in Mandalay Region and a public hospital in northern Shan State.
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The Provincial Electricity Authority said it was working with Thai and Myanmar security agencies and was ready to cut off power to scam centers if such cases were found.
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The sweeping order appears to affect everything from development assistance to military aid, including to Ukraine.
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Saturday, January 25, 2025
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 01/25/2025
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Political parties cooperating with the regime have gathered in Naypyitaw to discuss the regime's proposed election this year.
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"Uneasy truce"
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Also this week, Min Aung Hlaing urged pride in an army reviled for war crimes, as his junta looked for a thaw in US relations under Trump and toasted tightening ties with China.
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Friday, January 24, 2025
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 01/24/2025
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The Arakan Army says the two soldiers were killed in retaliation for the torture and murder of numerous Rakhine State civilians.
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Trump may care little about Myanmar, but a robust U.S. foreign-policy infrastructure means the generals in Naypyitaw have nothing to celebrate, Scot Marciel tells The Irrawaddy.
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China's aggressive resource extraction in Myanmar is leaving a trail of environmental destruction and debt dependency in its wake, warns Vaishali Basu Sharma.
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Using an unproven method to tackle soaring air pollution in Bangkok, authorities send aircraft aloft twice a day to spray cold water or dry ice into the contaminated air.
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