The military declared a state of emergency in 2021 when it arrested the country's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, in an army takeover which reversed years of progress toward democracy after five decades of ...

Peace prospects look bleak in Myanmar as a civil war rages despite international pressure on the military four years after it ...

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

Also this week we locate the junta’s emergency minister in Russia studying how to deal with a falling glacier.

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.

Myanmar’s military government on Friday announced another six-month extension of its mandate to rule in preparation for ...

Pressure is building on Myanmar’s rulers to hold what opposition groups promise will be fraught national elections.

Four years after a coup, Myanmar remains in a civil war, driving thousands to seek refuge in Thailand, where they struggle to ...

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 ...

Although many might regard it as an irrelevant backwater, it’s an emergency that should command the world’s attention ...

Myanmar’s military government has announced another six-month extension of its mandate to rule in preparation for elections ...