The regime says it has no plans to conscript women for military service but it is making lists of eligible women in Yangon ...

A new report issued by the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre on Friday noted that garment workers have been faced with ...

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.

Myanmar's military government on Friday announced another six-month extension of its mandate to rule in preparation for elections it has said will be held this year, as the country enters its fifth ...

Released today, “All of My Body Was Pain’: Sexual Violence Against Rohingya Women and Girls in Burma” presents personal accounts of gang rape, as well as murder and acts of humiliation, committed by ...

Myanmar's junta extended a state of emergency by six months on Friday, four years after it seized power triggering a civil ...

The attack is the latest in a string of paramotor bombings in Taungtha Township, resulting in a total of six deaths in recent ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Peace prospects look bleak in Myanmar as a civil war rages despite international pressure on the military four ...

More than 70 Rohingya refugees fleeing persecution in Myanmar have arrived at a tourist beach in Indonesia’s Aceh province. Local police chief Nova Suryandaru said a wooden boat carrying 40 men, 32 ...

Four years after a coup, Myanmar remains in a civil war, driving thousands to seek refuge in Thailand, where they struggle to survive with little hope of returning home Fleeing the economic ruin that ...

GENEVA (31 January 2025) – Myanmar’s military ramped up violence against civilians last year to unprecedented levels, inflicting the heaviest civilian death toll since they launched their coup four ...

About 1 million Rohingya, who are predominantly Muslim, are in camps in Bangladesh after leaving Myanmar. They include about ...