Southeast Asian leaders have said they are “deeply concerned” about the violence and deteriorating humanitarian situation in Myanmar, in a statement at the end of the Asean summit in Kuala ...

Catholics in civil war-hit Myanmar have expressed gratitude to Pope Leo XIV for his call to peace in the Southeast Asian nation, which has been plagued by decades of conflict and repressive military ...

NPR speaks with a student from Myanmar who fears his plans to attend graduate school in the U.S. could be derailed by the administration's newest travel ban.

In exile, Myanmar’s scholars have continued to engage in teaching, research, and collaborative initiatives to exchange knowledge, while building solidarity and resistance.

Mental health and psychosocial support was limited in Myanmar even before the earthquake. “Some people have now suffered three times; through conflict, displacement and the earthquake. And now, again, ...

Myanmar has been fighting a many-sided civil war since the military snatched power in a 2021 coup, leaving more than 3.5 million people displaced.

This article by Zung Ring was originally published on May 27, 2025, on The Irrawaddy, an independent news website in Myanmar that has been exiled in Thailand since the military coup in 2021.An edited ...

Myanmar authorities have arrested 16 people including a six-year-old girl over the assassination of a retired general shot dead in Yangon last month, state media said. Cho Tun Aung, a former ...

Security forces in military-ruled Myanmar have arrested a six-year-old girl along with 15 other people suspected of involvement in the assassination of a retired high-ranking army officer. Myanmar ...

The two countries are ‘collateral damage’ in the US' domestic political agenda, say experts. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Trump announced on Wednesday that citizens of 12 countries, including Myanmar, would be banned from visiting the United States. Seven more countries face heightened travel restrictions.

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 ...