The Irrawaddy - Covering Burma and Southeast Asia
4 days ago · Founded in 1993 by a group of Myanmar journalists living in exile in Thailand, The Irrawaddy is a leading source of reliable news, information, and analysis on Burma/Myanmar and the Southeast Asian region. From its inception, The Irrawaddy has been an independent news media group, unaffiliated with any political party, organization or government.
Burma - The Irrawaddy
Myanmar Regime Gearing Up for Sagaing Counteroffensive: Analysts. by The Irrawaddy. October 17, 2024. 1.2k. All eyes are on garrison town of Wuntho after anti-junta forces seize heavily fortified Pinlebu in strategic territory linking resistance hotspots across country.
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Junta Boss Repeats Vow to Crush Armed Opposition. by The Irrawaddy. October 16, 2024. 1.5k. Min Aung Hlaing launches broadside against enemies including the ethnic resistance, pro-democracy forces, the elected NLD government, and foreign countries at scaled-down anniversary of 2015 ceasefire.
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Our Team. The Irrawaddy has a professional, passionate and skilled team of reporters who provide consistent, high quality news stories on Burma/Myanmar. Over 20 years the Irrawaddy has built up a team of Burmese and ethnic nationality reporters from Burma/Myanmar and areas bordering Thailand. Our staff team is diverse and includes Burmese staff ...
Analysis: Myanmar Still Living with Legacy of 1988 Military Coup
Sep 18, 2018 · Thirty years on, Lintner identifies two main legacies of the 1988 coup. He points out that while the movement didn’t cause the fall of the regime, it did force it to end the “Burmese Way to Socialism”. And although repression was harsh—it was not until 2011 that some fundamental freedoms and civil rights were introduced—the movement ...
Of Monks and Military Men - The Irrawaddy
Sep 26, 2014 · A A. A group of monks sit in protest after being halted by riot policemen and military officials as they attempt to proceed to the Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon on Sept. 26. 1.8k. VIEWS. Seven years ago, thousands of monks marched in protest against one of the most repressive and corrupt regimes in the world. They were peaceful demonstrations ...
Politics - The Irrawaddy
Myanmar Junta Boss Blames Usual Suspects, Disappoints Supporters in Speech Following Fall of Lashio. by The Irrawaddy. August 7, 2024. 2.4k. In a 25-minute address after the fall of the North Eastern Command, he pointed the finger at the NLD, ethnic armed groups and, implicitly, China, for the country’s woes.
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Burma Beer Production Rises to 27.5M Gallons. by The Irrawaddy. May 19, 2014. 7.1k. Burma’s beer production continues to rise and local brewers produced 27.5 million gallons of beer in the last fiscal year, which lasted from April 2013 to March 2014, Eleven Media...
China Opens Rail Line With Access to Indian Ocean via Myanmar
Aug 30, 2021 · A new rail line providing China with access to the Indian Ocean via Myanmar was opened on Aug. 25 on the Chinese side of the border. The rail line stretches from Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, to Lincang, a prefecture-level city in China’s Yunnan Province opposite Chin Shwe Haw, a border trade town in Myanmar’s northeastern Shan ...
What’s Really Happening in Myanmar’s Northern Arakan? - The …
Jun 21, 2024 · This was of course the junta’s intention and they have 70 years of experience in psychological warfare. Many of the X posts accuse the Arakan Army (AA) of any crime they can think of, including genocide, while conveniently failing to mention any of the junta’s crimes. One suspects that some of these are actually junta-controlled X accounts.