From an unpopular new government and ceasefires to economic strain and regional pressure, another difficult year no doubt awaits Myanmar.

As the regime presses ahead with a tightly controlled first phase of voting on Sunday, large swathes of the country remain ...

From Chinese meddling to staged scam-center crackdowns and a sham election, The Irrawaddy looks back at the key events and ...

On Jan. 25, the junta hopes, another 63 townships will go to the polls, whether its writ runs there or not. But even that is ...

Military regime exports repression abroad as Seoul embassy targets protesters for rallying against its sham poll.

As the generals smile for cameras, people stay home—or cast ballots under fear—as the military stages a rigged poll to ...

Local resistance groups seized three junta strongpoints in Sagaing Region’s Budalin town on Sunday, according to anti-regime group Rocket Fighter, which took part in the operation. The sites—at the ...

From Chinese meddling to staged scam-center crackdowns and a sham election, The Irrawaddy looks back at the key events and figures in another difficult year for Myanmar.

A source from the military-proxy USDP said the party is on course to win, as critics and voters voiced deep distrust of the ...

For 35 years, Myanmar’s elections have followed a familiar pattern: real victories for voters are rejected, a free and fair election is impossible and voter turnout irrelevant.

Scores of regime soldiers have been killed in the attempt to drive the Arakan Army from Point 666, a hilltop base that guards the approach to the regime’s cherished KaPaSa-16 arms factory.

With all serious opposition politicians in jail or exile, a widespread boycott, and the process heavily rigged in the junta’s favor, the USDP ratchets up a widely expected win.