Myanmar will hold the first phase of a general election on Sunday, its first vote in five years and an election framed by the ...

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.

Myanmar is expected to resume liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports next year after taking delivery of half a cargo last month, ending a more than four-year hiatus in shipments of the super-chilled fuel ...

Myanmar’s military government has charged more than 200 people with violating the Southeast Asian country’s voting law ahead of a general election at the end of the month, keeping up pressure on ...

Myanmar’s upcoming, tightly controlled “elections” are designed to manufacture legitimacy for the junta, which hopes the mere ...

Myanmar’s junta made a grand display of demolishing buildings that hosted the centers, even broadcasting the explosions. But the scammers have found new homes. By Sui-Lee Wee Reporting from Bangkok ...

Observers say the junta chief’s claim that the military will eventually exit politics is meaningless in a system engineered to preserve its dominance.

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Myanmar's military is planning a general election this month, one critics call a sham that comes in the midst of a nearly five-year long civil war that's left thousands dead and millions displaced.

Several officials who were involved in the fight over the election outcome are seeking higher office. By Danny Hakim and Richard Fausset Danny Hakim and Richard Fausset, who have reported on the ...

The Song Sung Blue cast includes: Yes, the movie is based on the real-life Mike and Claire Sardina, who really did create a Neil Diamond tribute band they named Lightning & Thunder. As far as the ...

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