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 ...
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 ...
Myanmar’s military government extended a four-year emergency rule, further delaying plans for long-promised general elections ...
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.
About 90 per cent of China’s trade is by sea, including 80 per cent of energy and 60 per cent of gas, and almost 60 per cent ...
A team of doctors and nurses battled to revive Adabi, an 86-year-old Myanmar refugee fighting long-standing heart problems ...
The economy and public services have collapsed ... anniversary of the 2021 army takeover also expressed concern over ...
Yangon resident Aung Ko Gyi browses stalls for a solar power kit he can use to weather the blackouts that have become a ...
The Mae La refugee camp was first established 40 years ago on the Thai-Myanmar border, and today many refugees living there do not know life anywhere else. Without a right to work in Thailand, the ...