Min Aung Hlaing’s propaganda mill went into overdrive in 2024, touting tourism, climate solutions, medical excellence, and ...

Steinberg sought to explain current political moves and crises through the lens of Myanmar’s history and culture ... His more than a dozen books include “Turmoil in Burma: Contested ...

The Irrawaddy looks back at the key players that shaped Myanmar in 2024, a year in which the junta suffered serious military ...

Myanmar, with a population of about 55 million, has a long history of military regimes. But when civilian rule took hold in 2011, a middle class started to thrive. Now that group has shrunk by 50 ...

The foreign minister of Myanmar on Thursday informed a regional meeting of its neighbours of its progress towards holding ...

A voracious reader, the president liked poetry, Civil War history and Southern fiction. He also sent Erica Jong a fan letter. He is best known for his book about the Rolling Stones. But he mostly ...

BANGKOK/MANDALAY, Myanmar -- Myanmar's Capital Diamond Star Group has entered the warehouse club business, tapping urban demand for food and other daily necessities amid continued fighting between ...

Months after announcing that the Free Movement Regime (FMR) along the Myanmar border has been entirely suspended, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has brought in fresh protocol to regulate ...

BANGKOK -- Myanmar has cemented its position as the world's leading source of opium after three seasons of revived cultivation since the military seized power, sinking the economy and rekindling ...

IMPHAL, India (Reuters) - Indian militant groups that took refuge in Myanmar and fought in its ... The state has a history of insurgencies and in recent decades many militants fled across the ...

The Australian economist and former adviser to ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said his time in prison made him reassess everything ...