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Myanmar’s junta is conducting air strikes after a deadly earthquake, despite a ceasefire, while a US$275 million UN aid appeal has received only US$34 million.

Thailand is not benefiting from Chinese investment. It is being exploited by it. Land, businesses, and industries are slipping out of Thai hands. The Thai economy is being reshaped not by Thai workers ...

Editorial Policy for Guest Writers and Internal Standards Purpose and Principles The Irrawaddy’s Opinion Section serves as a platform for thoughtful ...

Columbus Junction's residents come from many places. And when the new year started, some felt the fear of being removed from ...

Animals that rely exclusively on parthenogenesis to reproduce, like the flowerpot snake, are called obligate parthenogens, ...

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"Around midnight on Wednesday, members of the Coast Guard ship Mansur Ali spotted a fishing trawler in the deep sea near St Martin's Island in Teknaf. As a 58-day fishing ban is currently in effect, ...

Phumtham says cutting utilities to scam hubs near Myanmar has curbed online fraud; Thai-Cambodia crackdown and repatriation ...

Malaysia should use the remaining months of its ASEAN chairmanship to push for some real solutions to the Myanmar crisis, which cannot involve the junta, says Paul Greening.

Six mild earthquakes, with magnitudes ranging from 1.5 to 2.6, were recorded in Myanmar as well as in northern Thailand on ...

Sandra Hsu Hnin Mon ’12 has been named as a recipient of the National Institutes of Health Intramural AIDS Research ...