As everyone knows, the coup leader Min Aung Hlaing granted the release of over 1,600 prisoners nationwide on the day of the Burmese New Year, April 17. Among those released…
Month: May 2022
Yawd Serk's RCSS becomes first major EAO to back junta following talks
General Yawd Serk, the chairman of the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS/SSA), attended the junta’s much mooted “peace talks” today, seemingly putting the full support of the EAO behind…
KNLA take back Thay Baw Bo camp from military, decades after losing the position
A KNU camp, for decades held by the military, is back in the hands of Karen resistance groups after fighting broke out between the Burma Army and the Karen National…
Slow reopening of Thai MoU system fails to halt flow of migrants heading across the border
A third legally documented batch of Burmese migrant workers arrived in Mae Sot, Thailand, on Thursday, crossing the Friendship Bridge No. 2 from Myawaddy in Karen State. The Burmese nationals…
NUG FM continues US diplomatic mission with McConnell meet
NUG foreign minister, Zin Mar Aung, met with US Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell, during her trip to Washington DC last week. “It was an honor to meet with [McConnell]…
Leak suggests 27 leading cronies banned from leaving Burma
A leaked document described by sources to DVB Burmese suggests that the junta has compiled a list of businesspeople, cronies, and others affiliated to the military that it has ruled…