Oil worth US$150 million from Magwe onshore fields has gone straight to the junta to fuel airstrikes on civilians and other ...

Also this week we locate the junta’s emergency minister in Russia studying how to deal with a falling glacier.

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.

Seven US-funded clinics, servicing around 80,000 refugees from Myanmar, have closed since the new US administration froze funding.

No elections can be held under a state of emergency, meaning the regime’s vaunted polls will now have to wait until at least the second half of 2025.