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Wife opposes bail for former deputy mayor in fatal shooting case The wife of a man fatally shot in Phatthalung province has formally objected to bail for a former deputy mayor of a sub-district administrative organisation accused of carrying out the... [1]
Village Headman Accused of Punching Woman over Land Dispute The village administrator has denied the charge and threatened to sue the woman for defamation. A woman has accused a village administrator in Kachin State’s Mohnyin Townsh [2]
NAMTU, Northern Shan State—Many people strive to be a leader in their community, but Sai Maung (not his real name) was far from happy when he was chosen by lottery to serve as the village head of his hometown of Pan Wo Village in Namtu Township, nort... [3]
In commemorating the 29th anniversary of the 1988 Uprising, The Irrawaddy revisits the personal account of its founding editor-in-chief Aung Zaw on how he avoided the arrest of authorities by living as a monk in Kayan on the outskirts of Yangon, then... [4]
Thailand’s Drought Lets Rice Farmers’ Debt Grow In the debt-ridden Northeast, many rice farmers struggle to make ends meet after the government shut off the irrigation systems leaving them without the profits of the second annual rice crop. [5]
Even as India is busy courting Myanmar to advance its much-touted Act East Asia Policy, with promises and talks to open up borders and enhance people to people contact, far away in the remote Naga hills a slow but definite dissent is brewing against ... [6]
YANGON: A stabbing and murder occurred in Kyaukse, Mandalay Region, after the old head of the household was said to have been dissatisfied with the new head of the community, according to Myanmar Police Force. [7]
This photograph taken on August 22, 2025 shows labourers working at the under-construction site of the Dibang Multi-purpose Hydroelectric Project on the Dibang river, in the Lower Dibang Valley district of the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh.... [8]
Wife opposes bail for former deputy mayor in fatal shooting case The wife of a man fatally shot in Phatthalung province has formally objected to bail for a former deputy mayor of a sub-district administrative organisation accused of carrying out the
Village Headman Accused of Punching Woman over Land Dispute The village administrator has denied the charge and threatened to sue the woman for defamation. A woman has accused a village administrator in Kachin State’s Mohnyin Townsh
NAMTU, Northern Shan State—Many people strive to be a leader in their community, but Sai Maung (not his real name) was far from happy when he was chosen by lottery to serve as the village head of his hometown of Pan Wo Village in Namtu Township, nort
In commemorating the 29th anniversary of the 1988 Uprising, The Irrawaddy revisits the personal account of its founding editor-in-chief Aung Zaw on how he avoided the arrest of authorities by living as a monk in Kayan on the outskirts of Yangon, then
Thailand’s Drought Lets Rice Farmers’ Debt Grow In the debt-ridden Northeast, many rice farmers struggle to make ends meet after the government shut off the irrigation systems leaving them without the profits of the second annual rice crop.
Even as India is busy courting Myanmar to advance its much-touted Act East Asia Policy, with promises and talks to open up borders and enhance people to people contact, far away in the remote Naga hills a slow but definite dissent is brewing against
YANGON: A stabbing and murder occurred in Kyaukse, Mandalay Region, after the old head of the household was said to have been dissatisfied with the new head of the community, according to Myanmar Police Force.
This photograph taken on August 22, 2025 shows labourers working at the under-construction site of the Dibang Multi-purpose Hydroelectric Project on the Dibang river, in the Lower Dibang Valley district of the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh.
YANGON – A Muslim village headman, Shaw Feik Amen, from Rakhine State’s southern Maungdaw Township, was shot dead in his house by unidentified armed men on Tuesday night, a border police officer confirmed on Thursday.
This week on Tea Circle, we’re pleased to feature an interview with anthropologist Mikael Gravers, an expert on nationalism, ethnic conflict, and peace and reconciliation, with extensive experience working among Karen communities in Thailand and Myan