Home Latest Tortured body of third NLD MP discovered after military raid on Bilin township DVB journalist handed six year prison spell in Sagaing Indian nationals shot dead by pro-military militia in Sagaing SNLD submits to junta election monitor audit Junta jets bomb AA base in Karen State leaving six dead Burmese model’s appearance in Shan State Army uniform causes stir Breaking DVB EnglishJuly 7, 2022 Tortured body of third NLD MP discovered after military raid on Bilin township Breaking DVB EnglishJuly 7, 2022 DVB journalist handed six year prison spell in Sagaing Breaking DVB EnglishJuly 6, 2022 Indian nationals shot dead by pro-military militia in Sagaing Breaking DVB EnglishJuly 6, 2022 SNLD submits to junta election monitor audit Breaking DVB EnglishJuly 5, 2022 Junta jets bomb AA base in Karen State leaving six dead News Breaking June 21, 2022 Shanni organizations demand answers after youth leader detained by PDFs in Sagaing Sai Se Laing (aka Sai Kyan Aung), manager of the... 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June 24, 2022 Chinese gangs kidnapping Burmese to work online scams from border towns Young people across Burma have reported being kidnapped by criminal... June 24, 2022 Burma Army officer captured by AA in Rakhine capital Sittwe as tensions reach boiling point Tensions between the Burma Army and the Arakan Army (AA)... June 21, 2022 Shanni organizations demand answers after youth leader detained by PDFs in Sagaing Sai Se Laing (aka Sai Kyan Aung), manager of the... June 20, 2022 Burma’s Rohingya and Thai border refugees make clear demands on World Refugee Day Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh marked World... June 20, 2022 Teachers are latest to be abducted near the Rakhine-Bangladesh border Two teachers believed to have been abducted by the militant... June 20, 2022 Magway defense force aided by Arakan Army plans to take entire region Magway’s People's Revolutionary Alliance (PRA Magway), a local defense force,... June 16, 2022 Junta cannibalizes own Yangon chiefs on accusations of graft Three military-appointed authorities, including ministers from the Yangon Regional Government... June 16, 2022 SAC renews threat to execute democracy figures after rumors of imminent hangings spread panic As the international community vocally urges Burma’s military regime not... June 16, 2022 No repatriation for Hindu and Muslim Rohingya displaced by Rakhine war despite junta promises There have been no repatriations of those displaced during the... June 15, 2022 Magway PDFs debunk junta defection claims Magway Region resistance groups have categorically denied that people portrayed... June 14, 2022 Burma’s challenges “deepened and expanded dramatically”: UN Special Envoy In an informal hearing in New York last night, the... June 14, 2022 AA claims “hundreds” of defectors as SAC number two visits troops in Rakhine Hundreds of Burma Army soldiers have defected to the Arakan... June 14, 2022 Hun Sen’s death sentence appeal to junta falls on deaf ears The SAC has roundly rejected an appeal from Cambodian PM... June 14, 2022 Lack of documentation severely limiting Rohingya freedom of movement within Rakhine despite granting of NVCs Rohingya people in Maungdaw, northern Rakhine State, say they are... June 9, 2022 Fortification of Ayeyarwady’s police stations raises concern amongst local people Bunkers are being built at newly fortified police stations in... June 9, 2022 Australian Sean Turnell charged, will face military tribunal The junta today finally confirmed that it is to prosecute... June 9, 2022 WHO driver assassinated: Guerrilla group says victim pedophile relative of SAC chief A World Health Organization (WHO Myanmar) staff member was shot... June 7, 2022 300 undocumented Burmese detained in Thailand after killing More than 300 undocumented Burmese migrants have been arrested in... June 7, 2022 International outrage as junta says it will hang leading pro-democracy figures The junta on June 3 told media outlets that appeals... June 3, 2022 JOOX exits: Dictator’s daughter’s music app to cease operations following boycott JOOX Myanmar, a music steaming application partially owned by coup... June 3, 2022 Over 15,000 undocumented Burmese arrested in Thailand in May alone, despite MoU restart More than 15,000 Burmese migrant workers, fleeing persecution and economic... June 3, 2022 Historically high fuel prices hampering aid efforts, damaging livelihoods across Burma On June 1, a liter of premium diesel cost Burmese... June 1, 2022 UN IDP rice donations being funnelled to Pekon wholesale markets Rice recently donated by the UN World Food Program (WFP)... May 30, 2022 In Thailand, Myanmar migrants’ illicit unions fight to be heard This story is part of a DVB series on Burmese... May 27, 2022 Chongqing-Mandalay train link begins operations, track build stalled within Burma The junta’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Chinese Embassy... May 26, 2022 Pro-military PNO forcing Pa-O men into new militias The Pa-O National Organization (PNO) is recruiting locals to form... May 25, 2022 Burma’s AAPP recognized at German peace awards The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), an organization lauded... May 25, 2022 Military lending to major banks as experts fear sector meltdown Burma’s banking and financial crises have worsened since the military...
