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Also this week, the junta gained a poll boost from Malaysia, killed dozens holding candlelight vigil; and rounded up election critics.
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Saturday, October 11, 2025
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 10/11/2025
Friday, October 10, 2025
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 10/10/2025
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China has every right to expect a stable guarantor of its investments in Myanmar, so the country's resistance groups must think ahead and act responsibly, says AA chief Tun Myat Naing.
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Daw Thet Thet Khine, whose party plans to contest the upcoming vote, backed the regime's widely dismissed corruption claim against Myanmar's jailed elected leader.
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A closer look at the map shows that junta gains against the resistance this year have been strictly limited despite massive Chinese backing, says analyst Aye Chan Hsu.
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CDM group says over 2,000 junta soldiers, police and conscripts defected, surrendered or were captured from January to September this year.
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As the regime steps up its bombing campaign of resistance-held areas ahead of its planned election, children are driven underground.
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Malaysia has yet to confirm the junta's claim, though its foreign minister met regime leaders in Naypyitaw on Thursday.
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Thursday, October 9, 2025
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 10/09/2025
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The ethnic armed group has gained ground near the Kachin State capital and along a key route to the Chinese border.
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A recent military reshuffle saw the junta boss preparing for his future after the election. Today our editors discuss whether he will slip into civilian clothes.
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A KIA official admitted isolated abductions are occurring but said it was not the group's policy; resistance fighters say they face mounting strain in manpower, supplies.
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Houses in Shan and Karenni states are reportedly being stripped of motorbikes, sewing machines, refrigerators, generators and even copper wiring.
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Up to 20,000 residents of Hpapun District flee their homes ahead of a regime offensive aimed at reclaiming territory along the Thai border.
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In today's Editorial Talk, we look at U.S. President Donald Trump's latest antics and wonder if his hunger for rare earths could sway U.S. policy in Myanmar.
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Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 10/08/2025
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An estimated 250,000 people displaced by military offensives face worsening food shortages amid blockades, according to aid groups.
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The Irrawaddy's infographics illustrate the scope of arrests and the penalties behind the Myanmar regime's pre-election crackdown.
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After jailing NLD leaders, ruling generals flood the election with military candidates, eyeing victory for their proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party.
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Peacebuilding scholar Dr. Mon Mon Myat recalls the lessons of a recent international conference on the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
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