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

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.

Monks have been seeking spiritual enlightenment at these sites on steep cliffs, inside caves and atop an extinct volcano for ...

Four years after Myanmar's military seized power in a coup, the country is in the grip of a bloody civil war that has driven ...

Essential background on how the online scam industry sprung up and evolved – and how Indians became its targets.

Chinese tourists visiting Thailand for Lunar New Year are worried about being kidnapped by gangsters to work in hellish scam centers, despite efforts to reassure them.

On Koh Pha Ngan, officers detained 12 foreign nationals, including five Russians, two Ukrainians, and five Myanmar nationals. Charges included operating an unauthorised private school, running an ...

Douglas Lee Kin Tat, a Hong Kong musician who has been based in Bangkok for the past seven years, recently spoke up about his ...

More than 70 Rohingya refugees fleeing persecution in Myanmar have arrived at a tourist beach in Indonesia’s Aceh province.

Police chiefs in three districts of Thailand’s Tak province were removed for failing to combat scam-related activity.

The mostly Muslim Rohingya are heavily persecuted in Myanmar -- their predominantly Buddhist homeland -- and thousands risk their lives each year on long and dangerous sea journeys to reach Malaysia ...

Jakarta: At least 75 Rohingya refugees arrived by boat at a tourist beach in western Indonesia on Wednesday, but were stopped ...