The Chettiars showcased their wealth by building more than 10,000 grand mansions, some constructed as late as the 1930s, often in flamboyant styles incorporating luxury materials such as Italian ...

Myanmar’s fragile, nascent quasi-democracy was snuffed out after less than a decade of experimenting with limited reform and ...

Solidary Worldwide has called on the international community to take decisive action as Myanmar marks four years under ...

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trumps decision to block 45 million in US federal funding for over 400 Burmese students has left many in shoc ...

Aung San Suu Kyi’s son has made a direct plea to the military junta in Myanmar holding her in solitary confinement to release ...

Hsi reflects on Kawthoolei, her home that marks a deep cultural significance for her people, but is also ravaged by violence ...

Peace prospects look bleak in Myanmar as a civil war rages despite international pressure on the military four years after it ...

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

Myanmar's military deposed the elected government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. She remains in jail and the country is mired in a brutal civil war.

EU issued a statement on the fourth anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar reiterating its strongest condemnation of the regime's violence and calling for an end to all atrocities.

Jungle medics and ethnic medical groups have become a lifeline for displaced people in Myanmar as the country becomes the world's deadliest for landmines.