Wanbao Mining Copper Ltd. issued a statement Tuesday condemning recent attacks carried out by what the Chinese state firm labeled “rebel groups” on its copper project sites in Sagaing’s Salingyi…
Month: June 2022
NUG makes clearest statement yet in support of Rohingya rights and justice
The NUG’s Ministry of Human Rights announced a series of commitments to enfranchise ethnic Rohingya and other minorities in a statement issued on June 27. In the note, the government’s…
Junta cartel torches "half a billion dollars" worth of narcotics for World Drugs Day
Junta authorities claimed they seized and torched more than half a billion dollars worth of drugs to mark World Drug Day on June 26, according to state paper, The Global…
The Weekend Briefing: Monday, June 26, 2022
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Army begins land clearance operations to protect China’s Wanbao copper mine following PDF attack. A civilian was killed when Burma army troops led arson attacks and…
Chinese gangs kidnapping Burmese to work online scams from border towns
Young people across Burma have reported being kidnapped by criminal gangs after searching for jobs in the country’s border towns. Victims that spoke to DVB told of torturous conditions faced…
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) rose to ominous new levels after the AA arrested a Burma Army captain in the state capital of Sittwe on…