The Myanmar election results closed a political loop set into motion with the military coup of February 2021. What is the conflict in Myanmar, and how will the poll results impact it?

Myanmar overtook Afghanistan as the world's largest producer of opium in 2023 - Copyright AFP STR Myanmar overtook Afghanistan as the world's largest producer of ...

Traditional security concerns such as the defence of sovereignty and territorial integrity have driven Myanmar's naval modernisation ambitions since the turn of the century. Such insecurities peaked ...

Threats to press freedom in Myanmar are seriously challenging the country’s democratic transition. Restrictions on media have been exacerbated by outbreaks of communal violence in Rakhine State since ...

This article is from The Irrawaddy, an independent news website in Myanmar, and is republished by Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. Despite having abolished the decades-long ...

Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as his only prospect in a country made barren by conflict. The 35-year-old ...

A displaced resident working in an illegal poppy field in Pekon Township, on the border of Karen State and southern Shan State, on February 10, 2025. [AFP] Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in ...