“Some company owners paid no taxes at all for about three years. All are now facing legal action after the Mon State Planning and Finance Department instructed the IRD to detain them,” he said, adding ...

Scores of regime soldiers have been killed in the attempt to drive the Arakan Army from Point 666, a hilltop base that guards the approach to the regime’s cherished KaPaSa-16 arms factory.

Residents say only the military proxy party and one rival are visibly campaigning ahead of Sunday’s vote, as turnout drive dominates Myanmar’s discredited poll.

A resident of Myanmar’s largest city reports an eerie lack of campaign activity and overwhelming voter apathy just days before the junta’s December 28 election.

Under the guise of improving connectivity for one of Thailand’s poorest provinces, China really wants to build a logistics corridor for its Belt and Road Initiative, warns Nang Hkur Mao.

The four, who lacked valid documentation, confessed they had been ordered to smuggle the bulky cargo drones home to Myanmar in pieces and deliver them to their “boss.” ...

While the regime is threatening people to force them to vote, resistance groups are intimidating them in order to prevent them from casting their ballot, warns UN human rights chief.

Warning came on the same day as regime floated restart of the long-suspended Myitsone Dam in war-torn Kachin State.

The bombing of Mrauk-U Hospital exposes the regime’s impunity, the failure of international pressure and the emptiness of its ...

Region by region, state by state, The Irrawaddy breaks down the parts of the country where the regime will be able to hold its election—and the picture does not inspire confidence.

Min Aung Hlaing declares refusing to vote in military-held December 28 election amounts to rejecting democratic progress.

Fears grow for the life and safety of 24-year-old Htet Myat Aung, who had a bounty on his head for leading non-violent ...