Myanmar’s rebranded State Security and Peace Commission (SSPC) has announced elections for December 28, in a flurry of domestic dictatorial reformation.

Karaoke bars (KTV) in Myanmar bring together people from all walks of life – for better or worse. This commentary explores the controversy surrounding KTVs and argues that understanding them reveals m...

Junta obtained ‘anti-jamming’ product made in Europe through a Chinese company, research finds, triggering calls for tighter sanctions

This year’s report has been manipulated by the Trump administration to not accurately reflect the ongoing and grave violations of human rights, and that’s deeply troubling.

The lack of an independent press has made it hard for the government to communicate its side of the story.

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With Ya Nwe, Frontier Myanmar journalist. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, gains to workers’ wages widen with momentum from May Day, and coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing gives a pea...

The Arakan Army expands its influence across southwestern Myanmar with an extensive network of allies.

A few incarcerated men are paid 20 cents an hour to care for abandoned and abused cats. Or, as some will say, for a reason to get up in the morning.

The key regional powers appear set to embrace military rule in civilian guise, fundamentally changing the strategic landscape for the resistance and pro-democracy forces.

Pet-owners and animal-lovers instinctively know that animals heal. This book offers the evidence, drawing widely on scientific discoveries, history, and Indigenous knowledge. We meet a pot-bellied pi...

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An airstrike on a school killed 22 students. Global inaction allows these atrocities to continue

In the immediate aftermath of the 28 March earthquake, the regime continued its brutal air campaign and other violence against civilians while some opposition forces made significant strategic advances.

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The regional bloc is confronting Myanmar with a mixture of immobilism and wishful thinking, while other actors intervene more effectively – to the regime’s benefit.

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An early pledge by the parallel National Unity Government to replace Myanmar’s racist citizenship law raised hopes for marginalised communities, but impatience is growing as revolutionary groups trade...

The junta has emerged stronger from the disaster, and it is clearer than ever that only China has the clout to influence both sides in Myanmar’s civil wars, says Bertil Lintner.