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

To mark Saturday’s fourth anniversary of the military coup, The Irrawaddy breaks down the devastating impacts of junta rule ...

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

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 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 ...

The security situation in Myanmar continues to remain highly volatile, with intensified airstrikes across multiple regions ...

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 ...

The Rohingya are perhaps among the most persecuted people in the world today. Every week, countless Rohingya refugees escape ...

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

Day 1 - Jharkhand lead by 84 runs.

BANGKOK—Six Japanese nationals are being held captive in a “crime hub” for special fraud in eastern Myanmar near the border ... held are five men and one woman. “It is difficult to ...