PHANG-NGA, Thailand: When the Indian Ocean tsunami hit the south-western coast of Thailand in 2004, it claimed over 5,000 lives. But the local indigenous Moken people miraculously survived with almost ...

The Irrawaddy looks back at the key players that shaped Myanmar in 2024, a year in which the junta suffered serious military ...

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The Arakan Army's growing territorial gains, and seemingly undeterred momentum, have raised questions about the rebel group's ...

Apart from extorting money from establishments & individuals, insurgent outfit raised funds by collecting unauthorised taxes from liquor shops, highways & transporters among others.

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Dr. Cynthia Maung's clinic in Thailand on the border with Myanmar has been providing medical services and emergency treatment ...

Myanmar’s military junta, once feared as a monolithic force, is increasingly showing signs of internal decay.

The stakes are high for India, balancing its Act East policy, border security and competition with China, all against the ...

Nearly four years after the coup in Myanmar in February 2021, the world seems to have forgotten the tragic circumstances ...

Two talk-shops in Bangkok last week were remarkable in a couple of ways. One: That they happened at all. And two: As proof, ...

His home was a kabang, a boat, that his family sailed in Thailand’s southern waters. The ocean was his backyard. Now Hook, ...