Peace prospects look bleak in Myanmar as a civil war rages despite international pressure on the military four years after it ...

The pygmy hippopotamus, now 6 months old, is Thailand’s biggest celebrity, and the crowds keep flocking. What explains her charm?

To mark Saturday’s fourth anniversary of the military coup, The Irrawaddy breaks down the devastating impacts of junta rule on all aspects of life in Myanmar.

Four years after seizing power in a dawn coup that ousted an elected civilian government, Myanmar’s embattled ruling generals are making their most concerted effort to gain legitimacy – by pushing to ...