U Khin Yi posted on Facebook about his meeting with a Thai Foreign Ministry advisor, but so far even China and Russia remain silent on the military’s new legislature.

As Min Aung Hlaing’s right-hand man, U Aung Lin Dwe signed over 350 orders on his boss’sbehalf to keep the regime running. Now he will oversee the selection of the next head of state.

The junta’s most powerful PR weapon on the international stage is that it is the only thing holding Myanmar together. Nonsense, says Paul Greening: the future is federal.

The united front against the junta in northern Shan State fell apart last week, leaving Beijing as the key powerbroker on Myanmar’s northeastern frontier.

Just as Gen. Ukris Boontanondha met a full complement of Myanmar’s military leadership, the FBI pledged to put a final stop to scam compounds operating on the Thai-Myanmar border.

As war devastates Myanmar, Beijing’s LMC mechanism is providing the regime with funding, legitimacy and a platform for continued engagement.

Ostensibly bringing Myanmar passports in line with international standards, the e-passport law is far too vague and offers zero privacy protection or recourse, critics say.

With the Brotherhood Alliance shattering in northern Shan State, the MNDAA is now demanding the KIA remove its checkpoints from the vital China-Myanmar trade route.

Clashes between the MNDAA and TNLA threaten to fracture the Brotherhood Alliance, exposing rival territorial ambitions and competing political visions in northern Shan State.

The Irrawaddy spoke with leaders of ethnic armed groups, exiled political parties, activists, and analysts for their insights on the military-controlled parliament and its new speaker.

The three-hour airstrike that killed 116 of its own soldiers suggests a chilling new doctrine on the western front: surrender equals death.

Amid daily airstrikes on civilians and widespread condemnation of its war crimes and crimes against humanity, the Myanmar regime’s air force on Thursday held a commissioning ceremony for four fighter ...