The four main responsibilities of the Myanmar Police Force (MPF) are to ensure domestic security and regional tranquility, to uphold the rule of law, to prevent and tackle the narcotics trade, and to
YANGON—On this day in 1960, John Sydenham Furnivall, a pro-Burmese British ex-civil servant who dedicated himself to the educational development of Burmese youth during the colonial period, served as
Established in 1929 to promote campus life for students, the Rangoon University Student Union (RUSU) played a central role in the struggle for independence and in the fight against the military dictat
YANGON – More than one thousand pagodas, temples and stupas are experiencing dozens of vibrations as a result of the firing of howitzer artillery by Police Regiment No. 31 and military troops located
Ye Ni: Welcome to Dateline Irrawaddy! This week, we’ll discuss the role of ethnicities in building a federal Union, internal peace and amending the Constitution. Joint Secretary 2 Sai Kyaw Nyunt of th
In politics, so the saying goes, there are no permanent enemies and no permanent friends—only permanent interests. In Myanmar we have seen an unusual political alliance between State Counselor Daw Aun
Karenni activists have given the Kayah State government until March 17 to remove a statue of General Aung San that was put up in a park in Loikaw over the objections of many residents, according to lo
Mizzima The National League for Democracy (NLD) released a statement to commemorate its 36th anniversary on 27 September, affirming that the resolution of Myanmar’s current challenges is impossible wi
It is Myanmar’s good fortune to have been the birthplace of such human treasures as UN Secretary General U Thant and national hero General Aung San, although their public successes have invited misfor
Yangon — One of the places that connected Myanmar (then Burma) to the rest of the world during the colonial period was the Central Telegraph Office in Yangon (then Rangoon). Telegraph was first used i
YANGON—On this day in 1988, legal expert U Chan Htoon, who was known for his key role in designing the first constitution of Myanmar, passed away. After qualifying to practice law at the Inner Temple
The National Unity Government (NUG) · Ministry of Defence-NUG has been sharing the dos and don’ts in a series of training for the least impact in times of airstrikes. On Saturday and Sunday, they diss
The Kachin Independence Army’s (KIA) chief has urged Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government (NUG) to commit to implementing the 1947 Panglong Agreement and establishing a federal democracy. The et
Thirty-one political prisoners, including 15 women, were beaten and placed in solitary confinement in Bago Region’s Tharyarwaddy Prison for commemorating Martyrs’ Day, according to groups that monitor
Dictator Min Aung Hlaing has increased the pensions for retired officials from previous juntas, which had been as low as 2,000 kyats per month, to as much as 1.5 million kyats (US$ 715) a month effect
Mizzima Aung San Oo, the elder brother of detained State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and son of independence hero General Aung San, has submitted a new request to the Kamaryut District Court to sell o