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

"The military is in a state of decline; it is weak and shrinking. The military has seen a wave of desertions, defeats, low morale and loss of dignity." ...

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

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BANGKOK — Peace prospects look bleak in Myanmar as a civil war rages despite international pressure on the military four years after it seized power from an elected civilian government.

As Myanmar’s civil war heads into a fifth year, anti-junta forces are opening universities and colleges as part of their ...