Following the coup, Myanmar’s economy is facing significant risks of a collapse and the level of impoverishment has not been seen in the country since 2005, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) recently revealed in a report. Over the past 10 years, Myanmar’s average economic growth has exceeded 6 percent. However, the World Bank has […]Read More

Myanmar’s shadow government has outlined basic principles for its defense ministry, putting the men in uniform, their institution and its activities under civilian oversight. That’s a huge difference from the practices of the current military controlled by the regime. The 35-point basic principles of the Ministry of Defense were made public by the National Unity […]Read More

It would not be overstating the case to say that press freedom has been completely extinguished in Myanmar, with almost all independent journalists forced to work undercover, their newsrooms closed, living with the daily threat of raids, arrest, violence and lawsuits. Since the military takeover, the regime has targeted journalists in an effort to suppress […]Read More

Before last year’s November election, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank predicted that Myanmar would bounce back strongly from the economic impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic, with the economy set to grow at around 6 per cent in 2021. In the immediate aftermath of the military’s February 1 coup, junta leaders sought […]Read More

Myanmar is likely to see more bloodshed as security forces on the ground have been instructed to wipe out anti-regime protesters wherever they encounter them, according to internal memos issued by the top military command in the country’s capital Naypyitaw and whose contents were divulged to The Irrawaddy. “You must annihilate them when you face […]Read More