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Beijing’s campaign of coercion and fragmentation aims to sabotage Myanmar’s revolution and help preserve junta rule as the guarantor of China’s regional interests.
The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army says the regime has breached the terms of the April truce agreed in China.
Ferrari & Associates helped Myanmar junta-linked entities and individuals get taken off America’s sanctions list, ...
Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews says lifting sanctions on junta allies undermines efforts to curb arms flow and emboldens a regime that has killed thousands of civilians.
Human Rights Watch accuses the victorious ethnic army of imposing “policies of oppression” on Rohingya people, including ...
Daw Myo Myo Aye, founder of the Solidarity Trade Union of Myanmar, was arrested last week and has not been heard from since.
Trump’s moves—including talks on minerals and the lifting of sanctions against junta cronies—fuel fears that Washington is ...
This week’s Irrawaddy editorial discussion asks if the anti-regime groups can adapt to their weaknesses like the regime appears to be doing.
Pakistan is too remote geographically, economically, and ideologically from ASEAN to justify its urgent bid for closer integration, argues Vaishali Basu Sharma ...
The regime’s limited gains this month cannot halt a revolution powered by the people’s rejection of military dictatorship, says Karenni resistance chief Maui (Marwi).
The junta would be nothing without Chinese aid on every front, and yet it remains suspicious of Beijing and unable or ...
Having eliminated 2020 landslide winner the NLD, the junta is doubling down to lock in military rule with December’s poll.