In its heyday in the 1920s, the fabled Irrawaddy Flotilla Co. transported millions of passengers each year along the Irrawaddy River in Myanmar (formerly Burma) with a fleet of more than 600 vessels.
On a mirror site set up by "Irrawaddy", the magazine said the cyber attack coincides with the third anniversary of the "Saffron Revolution", the monk-led protest in Burma. (SEAPA/IFEX) – The ...
(Burmese exile journalist Aung Zaw, who has edited the independent Irrawaddy Magazine from the safety of Chiang Mai, Thailand for the past two decades, has made four trips back to Burma since it ...
These are interesting times for Myanmar as it pursues reforms in order to become a modern democratic state. It is a difficult transition for a country which has been under military rule for the past ...
We humans don’t care much about individual animals, do we! Few of us give a second thought to the plight of creatures other than our own pets. Most nations have animal-protection laws, of course, but ...
These days the “buzz” word for travelers, especially in the upscale market, is “experience.” They want to discover something that is authentic, local, outside their normal lives, and even “unique,” to ...
Newspapers and news portals have been the most conventional and popular medium of conveying local, regional, national and international news to the readers. Newspaper serves us the latest happenings ...
A highly-endangered Irrawaddy dolphin has been discovered off the shore of Calabanga, Camarines Sur, the first time that its kind was sighted in Bicol waters. Nicknamed Calab by the Bureau of ...