DVB
Skip to content
Democratic Voice of Burma
English language news from Burma’s largest independent media network
  • Youtube
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
DVB
Democratic Voice of Burma
  • News
    • Latest News
    • Archives
    • Cartoons
  • Video
  • Podcasts
  • Daily Briefing
  • BURMESE
    2017
    Home
    >
    2017

    Year: 2017

    Burmese govt invites Naga rebels to peace talks
    December 29, 2017in Lead Story, News, Peace Process454by DVB
    874

    Burmese govt invites Naga rebels to peace talks

    The government extended an invitation to the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang to join next month’s Union Peace Conference.

    Read more
    Rohingya at risk of deadly diphtheria face shortage of medics, antitoxins
    December 29, 2017in Health, Lead Story, News, Rohingya492by REUTERS
    1319

    Rohingya at risk of deadly diphtheria face shortage of medics, antitoxins

    Health workers in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh are struggling with a shortage of medics able to administer antitoxins to patients infected with diphtheria that has killed nearly two dozen…

    Read more
    Indian state tense ahead of citizens list targeting ‘illegal Bangladeshis’
    December 29, 2017in Foreign Affairs, Lead Story, News30988by REUTERS
    881

    Indian state tense ahead of citizens list targeting ‘illegal Bangladeshis’

    India has mobilised around 60,000 police and paramilitary troops in a sensitive border state ahead of the publication of a list of citizens it says will be used to detect…

    Read more
    Burma frees journalists working for Turkish broadcaster
    December 29, 2017in Lead Story, Media, News2by REUTERS
    812

    Burma frees journalists working for Turkish broadcaster

    Burma on Friday freed two journalists for Turkey’s state broadcaster, their local interpreter and a driver after they completed a two-month jail sentence for violating an aircraft law by filming…

    Read more
    Pulitzer winners add media industry clout to calls for release of Reuters reporters
    December 28, 2017in Lead Story, Media, News374by ANDREW D. KASPAR
    814

    Pulitzer winners add media industry clout to calls for release of Reuters reporters

    Dozens of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists have joined a growing chorus of voices demanding the release of two Reuters reporters detained by Burmese authorities earlier this month, calling their arrests “an…

    Read more
    Nationalist monks sentenced to 1.5 years in prison for anti-government protest
    December 28, 2017in Lead Story, News91by DVB
    780

    Nationalist monks sentenced to 1.5 years in prison for anti-government protest

    A court in Mandalay’s Chan Myay Thazi Township has sentenced six nationalist monks who led an anti-government sit-in protest in early August to 18 months in prison with hard labour.

    Read more

    Posts navigation

    1 2 … 179
    Most Viewed Posts
    A Bittersweet Anniversary

    A Bittersweet Anniversary

    January 28, 2023by CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS
    Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) receives 2023 Geuzen Medal

    Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) receives…

    January 27, 2023by English Editor
    Opium Production Surging in Burma, states UNODC

    Opium Production Surging in Burma, states UNODC

    January 27, 2023by English Editor
    Contact Information
    • [email protected]
    • @DVB_English
    • @DVB English News
    SUBSCRIBE
    © 2023 DVB. All rights reserved.
    • Youtube
    • Instagram
    • Twitter
    • Facebook