From Chinese meddling to staged scam-center crackdowns and a sham election, The Irrawaddy looks back at the key events and figures in another difficult year for Myanmar.

Scores of regime soldiers have been killed in the attempt to drive the Arakan Army from Point 666, a hilltop base that guards the approach to the regime’s cherished KaPaSa-16 arms factory.

Min Aung Hlaing has told personnel to train for amphibious assaults and ground combat as the regime escalates indiscriminate attacks on resistance-held territory.

“Some company owners paid no taxes at all for about three years. All are now facing legal action after the Mon State Planning and Finance Department instructed the IRD to detain them,” he said, adding ...

Deadly airstrikes, raids and artillery attacks are targeting civilians across the Bamar heartland regions of Sagaing, Mandalay and Magwe.

In this week’s talk, our editors argue that reviving the deeply unpopular, profoundly destructive Myitsone Dam project is the price the junta must pay for China’s support.

A resident of Myanmar’s largest city reports an eerie lack of campaign activity and overwhelming voter apathy just days before the junta’s December 28 election.

Warning came on the same day as regime floated restart of the long-suspended Myitsone Dam in war-torn Kachin State.

Residents say only the military proxy party and one rival are visibly campaigning ahead of Sunday’s vote, as turnout drive dominates Myanmar’s discredited poll.

Regime says its troops have cut off escape route for Mandalay resistance forces after retaking Singu town on the Sagaing border.

Under the guise of improving connectivity for one of Thailand’s poorest provinces, China really wants to build a logistics corridor for its Belt and Road Initiative, warns Nang Hkur Mao.

The four, who lacked valid documentation, confessed they had been ordered to smuggle the bulky cargo drones home to Myanmar in pieces and deliver them to their “boss.” ...