The well-wishers were celebrating the return of the monk, the Venerable U Pyinya Zawta, 65, whom Myanmar’s junta had ...

Around the world, colossal statues rise above city skylines, mountain valleys, and serene countryside landscapes, each one a ...

Locals say the military is stepping up air and ground assaults across Sagaing ahead of planned elections, targeting villages ...

The former Saffron Revolution leader U Pyinnya Zawta speaks to The Irrawaddy about his year in prison and eventual amnesty.

Singapore is known for its cleanliness and efficiency, but there’s much more to this Asian metropolis than its spotless ...

Bai Suocheng, the patriarch of the Bai family, was among the Myanmar warlords taken to Beijing in 2024 [Xinhua] A Chinese court has sentenced five top members of an infamous Myanmar mafia to death as ...

Standing on the sacred soil of Lumbini, non-resident Sri Lankan businessman Hernta Herath, who lives in Australia, folded his ...

BANGKOK (AP) — The number of people fleeing from Myanmar to Thailand after Myanmar’s military shut down a major online scam center has slowed to a trickle, a Thai regional army commander said Tuesday, ...

Dozens of parliamentary seats will be filled without a single ballot cast in Myanmar’s December election, with nearly all going to the military’s proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), ...

Situated on the coastal dunes in Nuseirat Municipality, the ruins of Saint Hilarion Monastery/ Tell Umm Amer represent one of the earliest monastic sites in the Middle East, dating back to the 4th ...