The Irrawaddy revisits a 2022 profile of Min Aung Hlaing confidant and ex-junta PM Nyo Saw, who was elected a vice-president of Myanmar by the parliament on Tuesday.

Junta chief’s move to trade his military uniform for a suit masks a regime built on mass atrocities and torture, warns the ...

The regime has ramped up its bombing campaign since parliament opened last month, targeting schools, monasteries and clinics in resistance-held areas.

Regime reopens Myawaddy-Kawkareik section after two-year closure but continues to block formal imports while shutting off alternative trade routes for Thai goods.

Min Aung Hlaing’s ascension to Myanmar’s highest office in a stage-managed parliamentary vote five years after he seized ...

Leading PCB member Sai Nyunt Lwin outlines the group’s nine demands and argues that armed resistance must be paired with political solutions to resolve Myanmar’s crisis.

The regime launched its Karenni State counteroffensive in September 2024, aiming to recapture the townships of Hpasawng, Hpruso, Bawlakhe and Demoso, as well as Moebye in neighboring Shan State. Aid ...

Min Aung Hlaing’s latest fuel-saving brainwave looks set to turbocharge profits for the ruling general’s family businesses.

The Asian Highway between Myawaddy and Hpa-an has been reopened, but locals say they are still frightened to use it due to ongoing clashes, and trucks remain banned.

Analysts say the unconventional appointment ensures real power remains with Min Aung Hlaing despite the formal handover of military command.

Farmers in the Ayeyarwady Delta say the price of diesel for irrigation and harvesting has doubled, threatening yields in a country already gripped by a severe food crisis.

Overnight waits at gas stations and soaring commodities prices deepen misery of ordinary citizens as the regime fiddles around with rationing systems.