Rampant crime in the borderlands dominated the agenda this week, from drug production to human trafficking and the ongoing online scam saga.

An Irrawaddy analysis of more than 9,300 recruitment ads shows U.S. victims remain the overwhelming focus as Myanmar’s scam industry adapts to crackdowns.

Gen. Ko Ko Oo takes over as home affairs minister and is expected to give up his powerful general staff post, while Lt-Gen Nyunt Win Swe returns to military duties.

A drop in global orders, export/export restrictions and an unfavorable exchange rate are making garment manufacturers’ business unprofitable.

Founded in 1993 by a group of Myanmar journalists living in exile in Thailand, The Irrawaddy is a leading source of reliable news, information, and analysis on Burma/Myanmar and the Southeast Asian ...

In a week when the U.S. accused China of unlawfully detaining Myanmar-born scholar U Min Zin, the criminal charges just kept piling up.

In this week’s episode, our editors discuss signs that the resistance has vastly improved its drone warfare skills and equipment, which now poses a significant threat to the military regime.

Chinese-run fraud factories have shifted en masse to Sone See Myaing, as the regime-aligned Democratic Karen Benevolent Army ...

Shifting global power, disillusionment with globalization and a retreating US are converging to unravel the international ...