A defector tells The Irrawaddy that the regime is recruiting mentally unstable people and men above the maximum age.

The Myanmar Investment Commission this month reported that the energy sector topped foreign investment categories, accounting ...

The Yarlung Tsangpo hydropower project in Tibet, envisioned to be bigger than the Three Gorges Dam, threatens a uniquely ...

Today, Pauktaw is a jumble of scorched ruins, collapsed houses, bomb-charred buildings, crumbling properties and empty roads ...

Seizure of Thabeikkyin would mark third recapture this month, after victories in neighboring Shan State’s Mobye and Nawnghkio ...

The UWSA’s restart of tin mining reveals how a non-state actor can control global supply chains—and highlights China’s ...

A drone suspected of being used in junta strikes on the KNLA veered into Thai territory and was defused by Thai forces, ...

Two anti-regime groups in Mon State say they will take “military action” against anyone taking part in the regime’s planned ...

From Bo Aung Kyaw to Gen Z, Myanmar’s young people have always been at the forefront of resistance movements, sacrificing ...

Regime troops are burning Nyaung-U Township villages ahead of a possible visit by junta boss Min Aung Hlaing to the ...

Beijing is quietly influencing the junta’s election process and regime-allied parties through training, technological ...

The junta has mobilized dozens of troops to defend the Nat Ein Taung post on the Thai border, which serves to guard the vital ...