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Joined 10 August 2015 · 57 posts

The Irrawaddy’s mission is to cover the news in Burma/Myanmar and Southeast Asia accurately and impartially – Global Voices partner.

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Latest posts by The Irrawaddy

What’s in store for Myanmar in 2025?

The junta suffered huge military losses in 2024. Will the trend continue this year?

Written by The Irrawaddy

25 January 2025

A year in Myanmar junta’s theatre of absurdity as military collapse loomed

Year-end review of the junta's continued losses and lies in Myanmar

Written by The Irrawaddy

9 January 2025

Revolution without borders: Myanmar exiles fighting the junta from abroad

A former political prisoner continues to resist the military dictatorship

Written by The Irrawaddy

1 December 2024

A eulogy for Myanmar’s immortals

A tribute to the 'martyrs' and 'ordinary people' who gave up their lives while battling the junta

Written by The Irrawaddy

26 October 2024

Hip-hop artist recalls her husband’s execution in Myanmar

'We didn’t say goodbye …we didn’t say anything personal'

Written by The Irrawaddy

8 August 2024

Life under military rule in Myanmar’s biggest city

Inflation, crime surge, and constant threats of arrests in Yangon

Written by The Irrawaddy

27 July 2024

War on citizens: How the junta’s VPN ban is strangling communication in Myanmar

The measure exposes the desperation of the military regime

Written by The Irrawaddy

28 June 2024

The single mother exposing Myanmar junta atrocities while keeping her kids close

Interview with a video journalist based in Mae Sot

Written by The Irrawaddy

29 March 2024

How Myanmar journalists can help build a federal democracy

Interview with Shan Herald Agency News editor-in-chief Sai Muang

Written by The Irrawaddy

2 February 2024

Myanmar fighting star dominates and prays for the junta regime to fall

Vero Nika escaped to Thailand after the coup

Written by The Irrawaddy

9 November 2022

Please don't call the Myanmar military ‘Tatmadaw’

How should international reporters refer to the military in Myanmar?

Written by The Irrawaddy

13 June 2022

An interview with Myanmar's UN Ambassador who defied the junta

The military regime has accused the diplomat of high treason

Written by The Irrawaddy

4 October 2021

Myanmar LGBTQ makeup artist swaps beauty salon for border hideout and revolution

May Oo refused to provide services to wealthy clients who support the junta

Written by The Irrawaddy

12 September 2021

Myanmar coup architect's birthday celebrated with mock funerals, curses, protests

Members of one village sent the message: 'May your birthday be your death day!'

Written by The Irrawaddy

4 July 2021

Myanmar’s long history of revolutionary poets

Three poets were killed and over a dozen arrested since the February coup

Written by The Irrawaddy

7 June 2021

Myanmar navy deserters speak out against military regime

'When we are in uniform, people look at us with disgust'

Written by The Irrawaddy

4 June 2021

Sunday's death toll rises to 71 in crackdown on anti-coup protesters in Myanmar

It was the bloodiest day since the February 1 military coup

Written by The Irrawaddy

15 March 2021

Myanmar’s bloody Sunday sees highest death toll so far at hands of security forces

The nationwide crackdown led to killings and mass arrests of anti-coup protesters

Written by The Irrawaddy

1 March 2021

Myanmar general election violence on the rise as November vote nears

There were more than 40 incidents of electoral violence since mid-August

Written by The Irrawaddy

30 October 2020

Devastated hilltop in Myanmar’s jade mining region remains home for scores of families despite danger

Last month's landslide tragedy killed almost 200 local prospectors

Written by The Irrawaddy

21 August 2020

Out of work, out of options: Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand scrape by during COVID-19

"Since my workplace was closed, I don’t have much money left, I don’t know where to find work. I live in a construction camp with my 4-year-old son."

Written by The Irrawaddy

22 July 2020

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