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A video shows French President Emmanuel Macron being pushed in the face by his wife Brigitte before the couple stepped off a plane in Vietnam. Macron later said they were "messing around."
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Greedy corporations pay their workers in Myanmar a minuscule fraction of the retail price of their wares. They should be ashamed of themselves, says Zung Ring.
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A bus with over 40 passengers on board was swept away while crossing the flooded Sintewa Creek along the Myingyan–Taungtha road in Mandalay Region. All passengers were safely rescued.
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Min Aung Hlaing tours Shan stronghold of military's proxy USDP, urging troops to vote for 'national benefit' in December poll.
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Min Aung Hlaing was probably trying to persuade the NDAA, which has long maintained a ceasefire with the junta, to stop arms from Laos flowing to resistance groups.
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As ASEAN discusses the junta this week, The Irrawaddy revisits an article from 2010 that captures views on the previous junta as contained in leaked conversations.
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As part of our 'Stories That Shaped Us' series, to mark the 35th anniversary of the 1990 election, The Irrawaddy revisits a personal account of the vote written in 2005.
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Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 05/27/2025
Monday, May 26, 2025
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 05/26/2025
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KNLA, KNDO and resistance groups seize Bledo base in Kawkareik from 'demoralized' junta soldiers, many of whom fled into Thailand.
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Rights group calls for regional companies to cut links with a regime waging bloody war against its own people.
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Combined KNU and PDF forces have made significant gains in coordinated offensives against regime troops since the start of the year.
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The bride and at least two children are reported dead after the junta bombed a civilian wedding in an area controlled by the Karen National Union where there had been no fighting for two years.
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The award from Bard College in the U.S. recognizes Dr. Bo Bo Nge's "ongoing struggle as a political prisoner fighting for democracy and freedom."
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ASEAN chair Malaysia's foreign minister urged all sides to extend their ceasefires and commit to the regional bloc's stalled peace plan.
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Saturday, May 24, 2025
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 05/24/2025
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Myanmar's military generals have long been sinners against the nation's elections, rigging, stealing, or annulling them whenever they lose at the polls. The Irrawaddy's Opinion Talk this week explores how five notorious generals sabotaged Myanmar's democratic process and uncovers the potential consequences of the junta's planned December 2025 election.
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Will Shan forces reclaim their role as defenders of their people, or fade into irrelevance?
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Also this week, election scenarios emerged, a China-backed dam resurfaced, and two helicopters came down.
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