The case of CMEC and other Chinese business activities in Myanmar show how exposed China is to escalating conflict risks, and offer insight to the role it is playing in the ongoing civil war.

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

It is accused of being a city built on scams, home to a lucrative yet deadly nexus of fraud, money-laundering and human ...

Residents in Myanmar’s Myawaddy township, on the border with Thailand, are suffering severe impacts from the Thai ...

Beijing’s claims to prioritize sovereignty and noninterference mask its true strategic ambition: regional hegemony.

Four years after a coup, Myanmar remains in a civil war, driving thousands to seek refuge in Thailand, where they struggle to ...

In their different ways, Edgar and Rita were both victims of “ pig-butchering ”, the most lucrative scam in a global industry ...

Many companies have left Myanmar since the 2021 military coup. A United Nations report says 2025 will test the country’s economic resilience to its limits.

The lack of a Bangladesh-US FTA puts our country's RMG sector at a disadvantage, potentially leading to market losses. The ...

As the world’s largest single provider of humanitarian aid, USAID last year allocated $860m to the region alone. The agency operates in six out of Southeast Asia’s 11 countries – Cambodia, Laos, ...

Reports of high-profile kidnappings on the Thai-Myanmar border have frightened Chinese tourists who were Thailand's top ...

A team of doctors and nurses battled to revive Adabi, an 86-year-old Myanmar refugee fighting long-standing heart problems ...