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

On the first anniversary of the junta's activation of the conscription law, The Irrawaddy looks at the key facts and figures ...

Pyae Sone, who deserted recently and is in hiding said officers freely stole food from villagers, slaughtered cattle, and ...

Myanmar's embattled junta has banned anyone eligible for military conscription from leaving the country without permission, ...

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

BANGKOK/YANGON -- Lunar New Year became a national holiday in Myanmar this year, providing a respite for citizens hammered by years of instability and unrest while also showing the military ...

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The six-month extension is intended to buy time for the military’s long-promised election, but conditions in the country are ...

In February this year the junta announced new conscription laws ... estimates that over four million Myanmar nationals were working overseas. According to the military conscription law, those between ...

Thailand on Wednesday cut off power supplies to areas in Myanmar where scam networks operate, following a public outcry ...