YANGON, Myanmar—Despite an ongoing civil war and political instability, young Japanophiles of Myanmar sang their hearts out at Utacon 2025, a Japanese-music singing competition held here on March 2.

This article is from The Irrawaddy, an independent news website in Myanmar, and is republished by Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. Despite having abolished the decades-long ...

He can take a few hours, a day or a week to finish an editorial cartoon, drawing on a tablet through which he brings in, and lets out, stories about the world around him, including those happening in ...

Cartoons are being widely shared on Facebook to condemn the government's violent methods in handling student protests in the former capital city of Yangon in Myanmar. The Facebook page Brainwave ...

YANGON: A Chinese song competition recently held in Yangon offered Myanmar students an opportunity to enhance their language skills while celebrating cultural exchange. The event was organised under ...