Just how high stakes elections are for Myanmar’s severely weakened military cannot be overstated. While proclamations of its imminent demise have been frequent since the coup, the once unlikely ...

Once a full-time musician who toured throughout Myanmar, indie-pop star Linnith now finds himself in vastly different ...

31. The junta’s coup on Feb. 1, 2021, which brought the arrest of all civilian government leaders including State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, President U Win Myint and others, ended democratic ...

Yangon resident Aung Ko Gyi browses stalls for a solar power kit he can use to weather the blackouts that have become a constant feature of life in Myanmar four years on from a military coup.

Myanmar has since moved from a fragile, fledgling semi-democracy back into the darkest of dictatorships. As we mark the fourth anniversary of the military coup that caused this crisis, the United ...

Four years after Myanmar's military overthrew the government and took over the country, millions of people who fled are ...

Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! A comparison between the February 1, 2021, military coup and present-day Myanmar reflects that the country was ...

The international community must take urgent action to ensure accountability for atrocities in Myanmar, 46 organizations said today ahead of the four-year anniversary of the 1 February 2021 military ...

Yangon resident Aung Ko Gyi browses stalls for a solar power kit he can use to weather the blackouts that have become a constant feature of life in Myanmar four years on from a military coup.

Fleeing the economic ruin that followed the coup, and the threat of conscription into a military they loathe, Myanmar exiles in Thailand say that their safety comes with a new set of problems ...

Four years after Myanmar’s military seized power in a coup, the country is in the grip of a bloody civil war that has driven many of the country’s young across the border to Thailand. There they ...

To mark Saturday’s fourth anniversary of the military coup, The Irrawaddy breaks down the devastating impacts of junta rule on all aspects of life in Myanmar. Related Story #myanmar #military #coup ...