FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM NUG Acting President speaks at Reuters Next conference The acting president of Burma’s National Unity Government (NUG), Duwa Lashi La, spoke with Reuters’ Southeast Asia special…
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Hundreds of garment workers fired in Yangon, Another NLD MP receives long prison sentence
FROM DVB NEWSROOM Hundreds of garment workers fired in Yangon More than 300 workers at YFA garment factory in Yangon’s Shwe Pyi Thar Township were fired on Nov. 29, according…
NLD MPs receive long prison sentences, AYA Bank set to go public
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM NLD parliamentarians receive long prison sentences Two ousted National League of Democracy (NLD) parliamentarians from Ayeyarwaddy Region were sentenced to 26 years in prison. The Myawaddy…
Kubota calls on Japan to take action against junta, KWO takes part in violence awareness campaign
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Toru Kubota called on the Japanese government to take a stronger stance against Burma’s junta at a press conference on Nov. 28. “Japan has a huge…
Arakan Army and Burma Army agree to “humanitarian ceasefire”, Garment workers demand compensation
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM DVB’s Weekly Cartoon: “Don’t bother me with Burma, I am trying to watch the World Cup!” Arakan Army agrees to “humanitarian ceasefire” with the Burma Army…
Evictions carried out in Yangon village tract, Political prisoners sentenced 20 years in Pathein
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Homes and buildings in Pyinmabin village tract being taken down. Three residents of Yangon’s Mingaladon Township facing eviction from their homes and land in Pyinmabin village…