The Irrawaddy Magazine |
- Good News, but Not the News We Need
- Army Shoots Motorcycle Driver Dead in N. Rakhine
- Fostering Pride in the Art of Chin Textile Weaving
- Parliament Pushes for Identity Cards to be Issued to IDPs
- Yangon Business Forum Spurs New Investment
- Suspicions Raised in Mon State Development Contract
- The Living History: Dagon Taya & Modern Myanmar Literature
- Prison Riots Were Coordinated, President’s Office Says
- Poor Pakistani Women Trafficked as ‘Brides’ to China
- Indonesian President Says to Go All Out in Second Term to Boost Economic Reform
- Referendum on Military-Drafted Constitution Pursued Amid Cyclone Devastation
| Good News, but Not the News We Need Posted: 10 May 2019 07:41 AM PDT  The spectacle of a government using the only tool at its disposal to protect journalists—a presidential pardon—is no cause for celebration. |
| Army Shoots Motorcycle Driver Dead in N. Rakhine Posted: 10 May 2019 06:08 AM PDT  Ferry operator, 36, was returning to his home in Kyauktaw Township; Army says he was an AA member who had attempted to kill soldiers with a landmine. |
| Fostering Pride in the Art of Chin Textile Weaving Posted: 10 May 2019 04:33 AM PDT  Yo Ya May supports 200 weavers in the remote hills of Chin and Rakhine states by selling their handwoven textiles in Yangon and beyond. |
| Parliament Pushes for Identity Cards to be Issued to IDPs Posted: 10 May 2019 04:25 AM PDT  Those living in Myanmar's IDP camps face difficulties in movement and accessing health and education services without national citizenship ID cards. |
| Yangon Business Forum Spurs New Investment Posted: 10 May 2019 04:20 AM PDT  Around 1,200 attended the Yangon Investment Forum 2019 in Yangon this week, where officials touted the city's investment advantages to potential investors. |
| Suspicions Raised in Mon State Development Contract Posted: 10 May 2019 03:18 AM PDT  In Mon State, parliamentarians and a former state minister are accusing their chief minister of going around the law to give a development contract to a private company. |
| The Living History: Dagon Taya & Modern Myanmar Literature Posted: 10 May 2019 02:50 AM PDT  To mark what would have been his 100th birthday today, The Irrawaddy revisits this 2013 article on the late novelist and poet Dagon Taya. |
| Prison Riots Were Coordinated, President’s Office Says Posted: 10 May 2019 01:15 AM PDT  Gov't vows to investigate deadly violence at 7 prisons; advocacy group calls for independent probe |
| Poor Pakistani Women Trafficked as ‘Brides’ to China Posted: 09 May 2019 09:48 PM PDT  A network of illicit marriage brokers is targeting Pakistan's impoverished Christian minority, campaigners say. |
| Indonesian President Says to Go All Out in Second Term to Boost Economic Reform Posted: 09 May 2019 09:26 PM PDT  Speaking to regional leaders at the launch of a new economic roadmap called "Vision Indonesia 2045," Joko Widodo promises to cut red tape hampering investment. |
| Referendum on Military-Drafted Constitution Pursued Amid Cyclone Devastation Posted: 09 May 2019 07:42 PM PDT  Eleven years ago today, with corpses piled high in the wake of a deadly cyclone, the Myanmar military continued with a referendum to ratify the constitution they drafted. |
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