Four years after seizing power in a dawn coup that ousted an elected civilian government, Myanmar's embattled ruling generals are making their most concerted effort to gain legitimacy - by pushing to hold another election.

Myanmar’s military government extended a four-year emergency rule, further delaying plans for long-promised general elections as a civil war rages on.

To mark Saturday’s fourth anniversary of the military coup, The Irrawaddy breaks down the devastating impacts of junta rule on all aspects of life in Myanmar.

A freeze on foreign assistance programs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump has led to cuts in services to refugees from war-torn Myanmar, including the shutdown of hospital care in camps in Thailand where more than 100,

Deprived of opportunity and security by the coup, they scrape by doing hard jobs for little pay in Thailand, living in fear of being arrested and sent back to Myanmar.

Myanmar's ruling military extended a state of emergency for another six months, a day ahead of the fourth anniversary of the coup, reported by the state-owned Myawaddy Media on Friday. The military

This year, looking back four years ago to the coup in 2021, we can see that Myanmar has come a long way, a troubled path of instability and violence. But at the end of the day, the people of Myanmar continue to resist, protest, and fight against the military junta.

Myanmar's junta extended a state of emergency by six months on Friday, four years after it seized power triggering a civil war that has claimed thousands of lives.

For 13-year-old Mohammed Rias, it was the day of exams, a day to put all that he had learned to the test.But instead of settling down in a classroom, he found himself fleeing his home, dodging a hail of bullets to escape forced conscription into a war which has persecuted his community for years.

US president orders 90-day review of foreign assistance programmes to determine if they should be maintained, modified or eliminated

President Trump’s order to halt most foreign aid has intensified humanitarian crises and raised questions about the United States’ reliability as a global leader.