Southeast Asian countries are keeping quiet as Moscow junks the concept that all nations are equally sovereign.

War isn’t cheap. How has the National Unity Government funded itself – and its military efforts?

The latest bombing should be a clarion call for international sanctions on the sale of jet fuel to the junta.

The latest bombing should be a clarion call for international sanctions on the sale of jet fuel to the junta.

Myanmar’s shadow health minister details efforts to secure aid for the opposition during a US visit.

Singapore banks held 67% of the junta’s foreign reserves; in a bank document seen by The Irrawaddy, the junta praises Singapore’s UOB for helping it cope with sanctions.

The military contractor known as “Fat Leonard,” the mastermind behind the worst public corruption scandal in U.S. Navy history who was three weeks away from being sentenced in the case,…

The Three Brotherhood Alliance seized territory in multiple cities in the state’s northern region.

The incident comes less than two weeks after a similar attack left the same number of people dead in Thantlang Township

The high-speed system was built by Starlink, a division of Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

About ten countries have placed orders for the Vietnam-made test kits

The bodies of 17 people, including a resistance fighter who was dismembered and disemboweled, are found after a village raid by a junta column under LID 99 

The low-cost technology makes operations safer and more effective, PDF groups say.

Countries not asked to choose between U.S. and China, Derek Chollet says

Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government said it has raised more than $100 million to fund its democracy effort and topple the junta.

Rebel official says the attack targeted civilians, but a pro-junta outlet says fighters were inside the hospital.

Ex-soldiers repulsed by the military’s bloody crackdown on peaceful protests since the February 1 coup are urging and helping others to follow their lead

Detained Myanmar junta soldier admits to participating in a gang rape of a woman in a village in Rakhine State’s Minbya Township in January.

Lawmaker’s business ventures put a spotlight on relations between military-backed elites in Thailand and Myanmar.

Myanmar military rulers are facing pressures on multiple fronts and the global community should do its part to help the opposition prevail.

Troops abandon base as ethnic alliance makes sweeping gains in offensive against military regime.   

The National Unity Government says the soldiers were killed in 5,337 clashes across the country from June 1, 2021, to June 30 this year.

The acting president of Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government calls for unity against the military junta.

Opposition NUG will prevail in war and better realize economic development

Myanmar military rulers are facing pressures on multiple fronts and the global community should do its part to help the opposition prevail.

Forming the new unit in a junta stronghold will likely lead to more violence

The military is unapologetic about using air power against National Unity Government clinics, schools and offices.

Duwa Lashi La spoke with The Globe and Mail from an undisclosed location in Myanmar, where he has been leading the resistance to the junta that seized power in a coup in 2021

မြန်မာစစ်တပ်ရဲ့ နယ်ခြားစောင့်တပ်တစ်ခုအဖြစ် ဆယ်စုနှစ် တစ်စုထက်မနည်း ရှိခဲ့တဲ့ ကရင်နီ လူမျိုးပေါင်းစုံ ပြည်သူ့လွတ်မြောက်ရေး တပ်ဦး (KNPLF) ရဲ့ တပ်ရင်းနှစ်ရင်းဟာ အမျိုးသားညီညွတ်ရေးအစိုးရ NUG နဲ့ ပူးပေါ...

But Min Aung Hlaing chalks rebel victories up to aid from ‘foreign experts’ and drone attacks.

Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat announced on Monday the formation of a planned coalition government comprising five former opposition parties and one new party, with a total of 309 MPs and...

Fighting to restore democracy in Myanmar.

The US State Department has approved the possible sale to Thailand of 60 Stryker armoured infantry carrier vehicles with equipment and support for an estimated cost of US$175 million, the Defense...

Lawmaker’s business ventures put a spotlight on relations between military-backed elites in Thailand and Myanmar.

Raquel Fortun, one of only two forensic pathologists in the Philippines, is using her skills to show how other doctors falsely claimed some victims of the country’s drug war had died natural deaths.

Junta uses arrests and raids on medical clinics to punish or intimidate doctors and nurses.

Ayu survived her parents' suicide bomb attack on a police headquarters, now she is one of 11 students at a school for children of Indonesian terrorism.

Lawmaker’s business ventures put a spotlight on relations between military-backed elites in Thailand and Myanmar.

The country’s neighbors continue to treat the military administration like a viable sovereign entity. They risk being left behind by events.

From Shwe Kokko to KK Park, a slew of brutal criminal enterprises now dot the Moei River at the Thai border, where unsuspecting victims from around the globe are trafficked, tortured and forced to...

Opposition NUG will prevail in war and better realize economic development

Hanoi has worked to keep Beijing on side as Biden visit elevates U.S.-Vietnam relations.

Zaw Min Thein’s death comes less than two weeks after his arrest, during which he was severely beaten

The bloc’s response to the bombing in Kanbalu has laid bare its impotence and poor understanding of the country’s conflict.

SINGAPORE — Political instability in the ruling Pakatan Harapan coalition and its failure to capture Malay support are aggravating relations between Malaysia and Singapore, said former diplomat...

Election of new Karen National Union leaders will likely to lead to more fighting, experts say.

Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat will face a challenge over his qualifications and a request for the dissolution of his cabinet if he becomes prime minister, serial petitioner Ruangkrai Leekit...

NUG foreign minister foresees new wave of resistance attacks 'in next few weeks'

Why the recently departed special envoy should be the last.

Clampdown seen as response to U.S. pressure, reputational risks

Practice of siphoning off payments from troops’ mandatory life insurance has worsened since coup amid heavy casualties, defectors say.

In the latest reshuffles, Lieutenant General Khin Hlaing has been forced out after losing numerous troops in the resistance stronghold.

Another PDF member was injured as the men tried to plant the mine on a road being used by junta forces

War isn’t cheap. How has the National Unity Government funded itself – and its military efforts?

Guest contributor Zach Abuza The Spring Development Bank (SDB), the online blockchain bank run by the National Unity Government (NUG), will open to the general public later this month. Since its soft...

Critics slam the statue as a waste of budget that can never salvage Min Aung Hlaing’s legacy.

WASHINGTON — Today, taking note of the Burmese military regime’s violent airstrikes against the people of Burma, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a...

“Maria Ressa still has to clear her name before our courts," says presidential spokesman Harry Roque.

In Part 1 of an interview, Daw Zin Mar Aung discusses the civilian government’s moves to isolate the junta and cut off its funds, and the NUG’s ties with ethnic armies.

Parallel government appeals to Asian democracies after 40 parties dissolved

The entreaties were rebuffed and analysts say it is unlikely that she will accept.

The TNLA, AA and MNDAA claimed they launched the offensive to impede the military’s deployment of aircraft and fresh troops to the area and “crush” junta-protected scam centres

Defections are a key part of opposition strategy, while the junta works to stop troops from switching sides.

Eleven children died when soldiers fired on the school, where they said rebels had taken cover. “This is a war crime,” said a U.N. expert.