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Burmese media are painting an overly optimistic picture of the war

A civil society leader from the volatile northeast border reflects on her work since the coup - and the hidden blessings of life in a "conflict area."

The tactic targets civilians in bid to stifle support for resistance fighters, but appears to be backfiring.

A security analyst discusses the strength of the military versus that of ethnic armies amid the post-coup crisis.

Russia has invaded a sovereign state, while Myanmar had a violent overthrow of a democratic government.

The Myanmar military coup council has not yet fallen, but it is failing fast on all fronts. 

Update: Late Friday evening, February 26 (local time), the Myanmar military declared most of the country's labor organizations illegal on public television, with the threat of arrests if their

The current war in Myanmar differs from past conflicts in the country because ethnic armies are no longer on the defensive, the spokesman for the most powerful ethnic army in Rakhine State told the...

Myanmar is approaching an inflection point, but the window for meaningful foreign action is quickly closing.

If the nature of the conflict can be maintained as a national uprising, the military balance favors revolution by sheer force of numbers and willpower.

Faced with increasing state violence, young people across Myanmar are learning to fight. This is one young woman’s story

By Naw Show Ei Ei Tun and Kim Jolliffe June 2022 Download a PDF of this report HERE. [This report...

The Karen armed group's request came after more than a dozen villagers were killed and 12,000 displaced by jet fighter raids in Karen State, Bago Region.

Myanmar’s junta told the US broadcaster those detained had been released.

The international community’s emphasis on mediation and negotiations with the Myanmar junta is misplaced.

Villagers from Ye-U Township said they cannot identify the burned bodies. 

The Myanmar opposition leader praised a group learning from an American gun enthusiast to make crude bombs that could kill both soldiers and civilians.

Maung Saungkha, the leader of a mostly Bamar armed group fighting alongside the Brotherhood Alliance, hopes to extend the sweeping anti-junta offensive into Myanmar’s heartland

Since the military junta seized power in Myanmar in February's coup, violent resistance against the regime has been intensifying. Young people across the country have begun taking up arms to join the...

Charity groups had a long tradition of providing free funerals to the poor in Myanmar.

Myanmar is approaching an inflection point, but the window for meaningful foreign action is quickly closing.

The Rakhine State capital is emptying as the Arakan Army approaches. A remaining resident told The Irrawaddy that regime administrators have allegedly already fled. 

As the Myanmar military ramps up its bloody crackdown on protests, some 2,000 have fled to Karen-controlled territory in eastern Myanmar.

Despite its support for the national protest movement, various factors have contributed to the armed group’s relative silence since the coup.

The Arakan Army (AA), a major ethnic militia in Myanmar’s restive Rakhine state, on Tuesday joined other ethnic groups in condemning last month’s military coup and the ensuing violent crackdown on...

The latest move to coddle and recognise Myanmar